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Due to ongoing construction in our plaza, the steps leading into the Sanctuary off Hampton Street are currently closed. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience during this time. Please refer to the campus map for alternate entrances and exits, in and out of the Sanctuary.

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Life At First

This is God’s story—told through the life of our church.

Churchwide

A Pastor’s Kid’s Perspective

Every day at noon, I hear the familiar sound of a bell ding and the voice of my Alexa Dot reminding me to pause for a moment and do something important.

“Pray for the Churches.”

So, every day at noon, no matter what I’m doing, I pause and lift Pastor Wes, Rachel and their children up in prayer. While this is a practice that I have always tried to follow, it is one that I made more of a priority when Wes and Rachel were hunkered in a bomb shelter in Israel in late February.

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Churchwide

The Trouble Beneath Our Feet

Sinkholes. They’re the kind of thing that can appear without warning, swallowing roads, damaging buildings, and sometimes even threatening lives. Most occur naturally, as water gradually erodes underground rock and soil until the ground above can no longer support itself.

But the sinkhole that developed on the Sanctuary Plaza at First Baptist Church Columbia had a different explanation.

Ours was a man-made inevitability.

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Missions

A Glimpse of the Global Church

Most Sundays, our experience of the Church is understandably local. We worship with familiar people, sing familiar songs, pray together, study Scripture, and serve in a community we know.

But from its very origin the Church was never meant to stay local.

Around the world, Christians are

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Broadcast Ministry

For Such A Call As This

“I just really need Jesus.”

When Nathan Burgess heard those words through the phone, something changed.

An elderly woman had called First Baptist’s Prayer Line asking for prayer. Nathan had only been serving in the ministry for a relatively short time, and like every call that comes through, he had no idea where the conversation would lead.

She began by sharing

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Kids

Aiming Them Towards Jesus

On a hot August Saturday, the cool water of the Broad River was exactly where a group of fathers and sons from First Baptist wanted to be. Shoes and shirts were left along the bank…

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Missions

From a London Sidewalk to the Nations

On a crowded London sidewalk, Kevin Allen held out an Arabic New Testament as three people walked toward him.
An older man and woman passed without taking it. A younger woman walking behind them did the same. Kevin turned his attention toward the next wave of pedestrians.

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