First Baptist Church

12/14/2025

Services on Sunday, December 14th have been canceled due to weather. Everyone try to stay warm and be safe.

11/01/2025

Remember there is a time change this week!

09/13/2025

Praise his Name

08/29/2025

You have to engage though

07/18/2025

Fo those of you reading our doctrine book with us this year, here is a reference to some things we have been reading with the historical implications

On July 16, 1054, a delegation sent by Pope Leo in Rome marched into the Hagia Sophia cathedral in Constantinople and laid a papal bull (an official pronouncement) on the altar, excommunicating Patriarch Michael Cerularius and his followers. Four days later Cerularius excommunicated Leo’s followers.

The disputes leading up to the mutual excommunications had been festering for some time. Many, although seeming to be of immense importance at the time, seem trivial to us today. For example, they disagreed about exactly how to fast and about what type of bread should be used in communion. There were other disagreements. They disagreed about whether the liturgical language should be Greek or Latin. They disagreed over the use of icons. The principal theological dispute (believe it or not) was whether the Holy Spirit “proceeds from the Father,” or “proceeds from the Father and from the Son,” with each side declaring that the other’s position made them heretics. Underlying all this, of course, was the dispute was over which patriarch (the one in Rome or the one in Constantinople) had authority over the other.

The Great Schism occurred 971 years ago today.

06/19/2025

To the cross first. . .

05/10/2025

Come out today and see us at Didiers in Union City.

03/16/2025

Lets talk about wisdom.
Prov 4
9:30 am

03/08/2025

Don’t forget to push your clock forward one hour tonight!

03/03/2025

02/22/2025

Wisdom is how we follow God in this world.
Come seek it with us! 9:30 am Sunday

02/19/2025

Luke 1:49-50

for he who is mighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.