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The Lay Caregivers Ministry is extending an invitation to a Grief and Bereavement Workshop conducted by Tara Sessoms, LCMHC, on Saturday, January 24, at 10:00 a.m. in the Family Life Center. Tara is a director at the Baptist Children’s Home, Inc. She is a licensed mental health counselor serving the field of mental health for 27 years. She is a graduate of East Coast Bible College with two master’s degrees in counseling from Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee and Webster University,…

On behalf of Rev. Samuel J. Doyle and the entire First Baptist Family, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the Epps family and the Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles, California, in the passing of Rev. Dr. William S. Epps, who served as our eighth Senior Pastor from 1975 to 1983.

Happy Birthday to our members celebrating a birthday in January 2026!

Please join us for our service as we celebrate the close of 2025!

We invite everyone to join us for Congregational Prayer on the Saturday before the First Sunday of each month in 2026. It will be held in the Sanctuary of First Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m. As Reverend Doyle says, “When we pray together, we worship together, we study together, and we fellowship together, we’ll be able to work together.”

Be sure to join us online at 12 noon on Christmas Day for a special Christmas Day message from First Baptist Church! You can watch this broadcast on Facebook and/or YouTube, and listen to it on SoundCloud!

Displays for this year’s “Christian Symbols of Christmas” can be viewed in the David R. Hedgley Fellowship Hall throughout December! Please click the image below to view the booklet for all of the displays! You can see pictures from the reception below. Please click here to view the entire album!

Happy Birthday to our members celebrating a birthday in December 2025!

We invite everyone to read Reverend Doyle’s latest post on Substack: “Christ Is King – Part 1.” To follow Reverend Doyle on Substack, please click here.

First Baptist held its annual Operation InAsMuch event Saturday, November 15. Community members could participate in free giveaways, free food, the Annie Alexander Health Fair, and fellowship! Please click here to view the entire album!