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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 27, 2021

Dr. Jim Somerville preaches about the fact that we are divided in so many ways in our nation, whether that be politically, religiously, culturally or in other ways, and specifically how that relates to how we are trying to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth. But maybe, Dr. Somerville says, we are just doing...


Sep 20, 2021

Dr. Jim Somerville continues his sermon series entitled "Letting the Outsiders in."  Today he talks about children, how Jesus welcomed the little children, called them the 'least of these', and warned people about leading them astray. He lists a series of characteristics of children that we would be good to emulate.


Sep 13, 2021

Dr. Jim Somerville talks about reasons that people outside of the church (not-members) are hesitant to come or visit our church, and offers some ideas about how we are a place that they should want to plug into.


Sep 7, 2021

Jim Somerville tackles a difficult saying that Jesus uttered to a Syrophoenician woman who had asked him to heal her daughter.

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