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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.

Jul 29, 2018

Jim Somerville: "Have you ever felt like an outsider? When my brothers and I were growing up in West Virginia we often felt that way. And we got reminded of that every time we went to school. So, you can imagine my surprise when a girl came up to me one day in high school and asked if I would like to be in the...


Jul 29, 2018

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, July 29, 2018.


Jul 22, 2018

Jim Somerville: "In the middle of the last century, in this country, most Christians in the South had decided that black people should stay out of white churches. But a Baptist preacher from Georgia named Clarence Jordan, in those days, in the American South, began to talk about desegregating the church..."


Jul 15, 2018

Jim Somerville: "I'm not preaching any differently now than I was thirty years ago, but the context in which I'm preaching has changed. The atmosphere is politically charged. The sensitivity has been dialed up to ten. When I step up to the pulpit to preach these days I feel like I'm stepping onto a tightrope and praying...


Jul 15, 2018

Kathy Thompson: "God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. Adoption takes on a very special meaning for me because I am adopted..."