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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, 2021

Robert Thompson preaches about the differences between Helpless Love and Hopeless Love.


Dec 20, 2021

Dr. Somerville concludes his Advent Sermon Series talking about love. It's Love that came at Christmas, in the form of a baby called Jesus, who was the incarnation Love and the incarnation of God.


Dec 13, 2021

Dr. Somerville continues his "Advent Treasures" sermon today preaching about joy.  Sometimes it sneaks up on us, and sometimes we see it coming a long way off, but regardless joy is there in so much of life.  In this season especially let's find joy and act on it too.  There's more than enough to just hoard it; we need...


Dec 6, 2021

Justin Pierson preaches the second of four Advent Treasures sermons during our Advent season.  He focuses on peace today, asking us what we would consider peace to be and then exploring how Jesus birth and peace relate to one another.