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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.

Jan 30, 2020

Dr. Scott Spencer: January 29 – Re-Visioning the Universe: Apocalyptic Revelation


Jan 26, 2020

Jim Somerville: "I remember seeing a man in a light blue baseball cap, with these words printed on the front: 'He who dies with the most toys wins.' I laughed when I saw it because it was a joke, right? Nobody really believes that. But then I began to look around..."


Jan 23, 2020

Dr. Scott Spencer: January 22 – Reading Someone Else’s Mail: Apostolic Letters


Jan 19, 2020

Dr. Jim Somerville's homily from the deacon ordination service, January 19, 2020.


Jan 19, 2020

Jim Somerville: "Envy is when you can’t be happy unless someone else is miserable..."