Richmond's First Baptist Church

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Richmond's First Baptist Church is a unique congregation where people from diverse cultural, ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds join together to put God’s love in action. All find a home in our church with opportunities for spiritual growth, fellowship, and service.

Our people celebrate and draw strength from our diversity, which finds its unity in the Lord Jesus Christ. We embrace an international perspective with more than ten different languages spoken among our members. Men and women serve as deacons and as ordained staff in leading services and preaching sermons.

The Pride That Blinds

Oct 29, 2017

Josie Carver: "How easy it [is] to become prideful over beautiful clothes, jewels, and other visible trappings. Not that God denies us these physical things, but how we order them in our lives, what significance they take in our lives compared to God and to others, is important. Because it's difficult to fully love...

But I Say Unto You: Freedom

Oct 29, 2017

Jim Somerville: "This may be the logical outcome of the Protestant Reformation: after 500 years of preaching that God loves us and wants to save us, we may have lost our fear of hell. And that may be a good thing..."

Children's Sermon, 10/29/17

Oct 29, 2017

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, October 29, 2017.

Talkback, 10/22/17

Oct 22, 2017

Dr. Jim Somerville's "Talkback" from Sunday, October 22, 2017. In this visit with the Journey class, discussions include what it means to be a "big tent" church; the inspiration of scripture and the apocrypha; if Jesus is the only way to God.

But I Say Unto You: God

Oct 22, 2017

Jim Somerville: "It seems to me the authority of Scripture has been waning recently, that the preacher holds up the Bible and says, 'This is the word of the Lord' and more and more people say, 'So what? Why do you preach from that old, dusty book? Why don't you preach from something more contemporary, like this...