Welcome to First Baptist
Sunday School at 9:00am
Worship Service at 10:15am
Messages
Called To Serve: Faith Thru Action
Two out of three Americans say they believe in Jesus. But belief without action isn’t saving faith — James calls it dead. In this final message of our Called to Serve series, we walk through James 2:14–26 and ask the honest question: if someone followed your calendar and your checkbook for the last year, would they find evidence of a living faith? James doesn’t ask what you believe about the poor. He asks what you did the last time you saw one.…
Called To Serve: The Vulnerable
In this powerful message from James 1:26-27, we learn that growing in faith isn’t just about what happens inside the church walls — it’s proven by how we serve others in the world around us. James challenges us to move beyond just talking about our faith and actually put it into action by caring for those who cannot care for themselves. God has always had a special heart for orphans and widows — those who have no provider, no protector,…
Called To Serve: The Untouchable
Who is God calling you to serve? In Luke 5, Jesus stops for a man with leprosy — someone no one else would go near. He didn’t have to. But he chose to serve anyway. We are called to do the same. To show up for the people on the outside. To serve even when it’s uncomfortable. This message looks at who the “untouchables” are in our world today, and what it looks like to show up for them with…
Blog Posts
The Sequel Nobody Expected
The Sequel Nobody Expected There’s a reason you almost never hear Mark’s Gospel read on Easter Sunday. It’s uncomfortable. Every other Gospel ties the resurrection into a satisfying ending — disciples reunited with Jesus, tears turning to joy, wounds touched with trembling hands. Matthew, Luke, and John give us the moment we’ve been waiting for. The reunion. The proof. The exhale. Mark gives us none of that. Mark 16 ends at verse 8 with three women fleeing an empty tomb…
“Unless I Wash You”
On the night before He died, Jesus did something nobody expected. He didn’t gather His disciples for a final strategy session or a farewell speech. He picked up a towel, knelt down, and washed twelve pairs of dirty feet — one by one. John tells us why: “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” Everything Jesus did that night — the foot washing, the bread broken, the cup poured out — flowed…
One Question That Changes Everything.
Mark 14:1-11 | John 13:21-27 | Matthew 27:1-5 There’s a moment at the Last Supper that’s easy to read past. Jesus looks out across the table at his 12 closest friends and says, “One of you is going to betray me.” The response is telling. Every single disciple — not just one or two — looked at each other and asked, “Is it I, Lord?” Not “Who is it?” but “Is it me?” That question should stop us cold. The Problem With Judas Isn’t That…
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