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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.

May 31, 2020

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon from the Day of Pentecost, May 31, 2020.


May 24, 2020

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon from Ascension Sunday, May 24, 2020.


May 17, 2020

Jim Somerville: "On FaceTime, all we get is sight and sound. Two out of five senses are not nearly enough for the full apprehension of another person. We need to *be* with each other..."


May 10, 2020

Jim Somerville: "Is Christianity too narrow?"


May 6, 2020

Dr. Spencer and Dr. Somerville take on that beautiful passage from the end of Acts 2, where the newly baptized believers find themselves immersed in a rare kind of Christian fellowship.