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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.

Sep 30, 2018

Jim Somerville: "Today we come to the Book of Esther. Good and faithful Jews share this story every year during the feast of Purim, and they have a lot of fun with it. Sometimes, it sounds something like this..."


Sep 30, 2018

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, September 30, 2018.


Sep 23, 2018

Dorothee Marks: "God has a different perspective. Traditional rules are being transformed for the sake of the Gospel. Where do we see God's perspective in our lives? Do we live in the image of Christ, even when this means to break a traditional rule...?" 


Sep 23, 2018

Jim Somerville: "What if there were a movie where we got to see what the world would look like if women had never been born? I'm afraid it would be like that novel, 'Lord of the Flies', where a bunch of boys end up running around a deserted island, with mud smeared on their faces like war paint, carrying wooden spears,...


Sep 23, 2018

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, September 23, 2018.