Welcome to First Baptist
Sunday School at 9:00am
Worship Service at 10:15am
Messages
The Burden
We’re starting a new series through the book of Nehemiah, the story of one ordinary man with a burden to rebuild Jerusalem’s broken down walls, and the God who made it possible.In this first message, we trace how Nehemiah fits into the bigger story of Scripture: from Israel’s exile in Babylon, through the prophecies of Isaiah, to God keeping every promise along the way. We watch Nehemiah receive devastating news about Jerusalem and respond not with despair, but with prayer,…
Extend The Blessing
This week we wrap up our “Under Construction” series with a message about hospitality — what it looks like to actually open our lives to people, not just our calendars. We hear the story of building a spare room without knowing who’d ever fill it, and looking at Abraham’s welcome of three strangers in Genesis 18, we dig into what it really means to love people we don’t yet know. It’s a challenge to move past “entertaining” and into true…
Perseverance
Building anything worthwhile comes with setbacks, and following Jesus is no different. This week in “Under Construction,” we look at James 1 and unpack five kinds of trials that test our faith: shame over repeated sin, doubts from unanswered prayer, feeling spiritually dry, the danger of comfort, and hurt from others (inside and outside the church). James reminds us that testing produces perseverance, and perseverance leads to maturity, so we can look more like Jesus on the other side.
Blog Posts
The Story Our Scars Tell
Our scars tell the story of the life we have lived. They are a visible marker of the struggles we have gone through, evidence to the world of something we survived. Several years ago, my mother-in-law had surgery on both her knees. With fresh eight-inch scars down the front of each one, someone saw her in a skirt, pointed, and said, “Hey, you have new knees.” The scars told her story. Similarly, I watched a man walk into the gas…
Who Am I Really Trying to Please?
As part of our “Favorite Bible Verse” series, I got to share the verse that’s stuck with me for years: Galatians 1:10. “Obviously, I am not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.” (NLT) I first came across this verse not long after I recommitted my life to Jesus. I’d picked my Bible back up, started actually reading it, and this verse jumped off the…
The Author of Life: From the Cradle to the Cross to Eternity
Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 127:3, John 10:10, and Romans 6:4-5 We are a people obsessed with life. We buy multivitamins and new shoes. We research sleep and track our steps. Some of us reach for creams that promise younger skin or dye our hair the color it was twenty years ago. We do all of this — almost instinctively — because something deep inside us refuses to let go of life. We want more of it. Better of it. Longer of…
Location Details
205 S. Grand St. Chariton, Iowa 50049
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Sunday School at 9:00 am
Sunday Service at 10:15 am