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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.

Dec 29, 2019

Patrick Jackson's sermon from the First Sunday after Christmas, December 29, 2019.


Dec 22, 2019

Jim Somerville: "The gift I would love to give you today is the quiet, confident faith that keeps you from being anxious, the kind that assures you that no matter what, everything is going to be okay..."


Dec 16, 2019

Dr. Roberta Damon's homily from the Service of Remembrance, Sunday, December 15, 2019.


Dec 15, 2019

Jim Somerville: "You may say you will never have as much [courage] as Jesus did, no matter how hard you try. But I wouldn’t be surprised if you have more than you think..."


Dec 8, 2019

Jim Somerville: "You know what keeps us from going deeper [with one another], don’t you? It’s fear. We’re afraid that if people knew everything about us they wouldn’t love us..."