First Baptist on Fifth, Winston-Salem

First Baptist on Fifth, Winston-Salem We are a community in the heart of the city, called by Jesus to practice bold love of God and neighbor and boundless compassion for all people.

06/07/2026

Welcome to worship with First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

"Every time we choose kindness over cruelty, truth over fear, welcome over exclusion, hope over despair, we are particip...
06/05/2026

"Every time we choose kindness over cruelty, truth over fear, welcome over exclusion, hope over despair, we are participating in the work of Jesus that he has called us to do.

Jesus says: “Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
And what did Jesus command? Things like…

Love your neighbor.
Love your enemy.
Feed the hungry.
Forgive.
Welcome the stranger.
Care for “the least of these.”
Practice mercy.
Seek justice.
Do not be afraid.

And then comes the promise at the end: Jesus says “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”" - Pastor Amy

06/04/2026

"Our love for God and neighbor calls us to welcome, affirm, and celebrate all people in the fullness of who they are: beloved for their differing ages and races, sexual orientations and gender identities, means and sufferings, physical and mental abilities, levels of education and backgrounds, cultures and nationalities, doubts and beliefs. Why? Because God’s love knows no boundaries, therefore our love shouldn’t either. It is the ‘bold love’ of which we speak. So we say with fierce gladness: all are created in God’s image, and all are unconditionally beloved. We know this to be profoundly true, because we have experienced it in our lives and within our church."

06/03/2026

Another Sunday with our beloved community ❤️

06/02/2026

Good food. Even better people. 😊

06/02/2026

"This text already has a name: The Great Commission. Maybe the call of this text is simpler than we sometimes try to make it.
Go love people.
Go tell the truth that every human being bears the image of God.
Go practice mercy in a cruel world.
Go with your questions and your doubts.
Go create communities where nobody has to earn dignity.
Go remind the lonely that they are not forgotten.
Go remind the suffering that despair is not the final word.
Go toward reconciliation.
Go toward justice.
Go toward kindness.
Go toward hope.
Go live as though resurrection is real.

And do not forget: you do not go alone.
The Christ who met frightened disciples on a mountain still meets us now.

Still calling. Still sending. Still loving. Still saying: “Remember, I am with you always.”" - Pastor Amy

“Everything about this age in which we live would say this commitment is not just weird, it’s impossible. Unsustainable....
05/29/2026

“Everything about this age in which we live would say this commitment is not just weird, it’s impossible. Unsustainable. Unconvincing. Offensive, even! But that’s what happens when the Spirit gets involved. She moves and rushes and blows and is loosed upon the world, and nothing is left unchanged. Churches are born, and born again. Some contract, some expand, new birth is brought into life. They fall down, and fail, and have to ask for forgiveness. What dies finds new life. What ends winds toward new beginnings. Resurrection and reconciliation and renovation and restoration, all in fullest measure, right here for you and me.

Weird? Sure. Wondrous? No question.” -Pastor

05/28/2026

On Pentecost Sunday we gathered together and experienced again the pouring out of the Spirit. Guest musicians joined our Sanctuary Choir as we celebrated the birthday of the church and heard again the familiar story from Acts 2.

05/28/2026

"Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy great peace." — Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ 📖✨

As we stand at the beginning of this summer season, many of us find ourselves hoping for a different rhythm—one with less busyness, less structure, and more breathing room.

In today’s Midweek Meditation, David reminds us how easy it is to let too much crowd into our hearts and minds. We weren't built for constant multitasking, even if we’ve mastered the art of it.

Our prayer for you this week and throughout these summer months is that you can step into a new, peaceful rhythm. May that great peace be yours this season.

05/27/2026

"Our weirdness isn’t just in the various branches off the Christian family tree, but in the particular practices we do. Think about it: in churches all around the world, people who may wildly disagree with each other on politics, from wildly different backgrounds and worldviews, representing a host of races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, abilities, means, with beliefs and doubts that vary from one to the next, they intentionally are in beloved community with each other. And if that’s not bizarre enough, when we’re together, we do things that must seem to the casual observer as rather odd! We sit in these pews, and sing together these hymns, and read words that are thousands of years old like they actually matter and have something to teach us. Every so often in here, we eat a bite of bread and drink a swig of juice and somehow are nourished deeply by it. In this place, we even dunk people in water – at their initiative! We sit by hospital beds, and bless babies, and mourn the dead, and share meals, and volunteer our time and energy, and talk through hard things, and celebrate love in every form. We practice love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. And we do these things regularly! We inconvenience ourselves on purpose on Sunday mornings! We leave our warm homes and cozy couches, and put on clothes that are surely less comfortable than our sweatpants, and drive downtown to a place that doesn’t even have a parking lot right now, and occasionally have awkward interactions with people because, you know, people are people, and all of us can be weird from time to time!

Why in the world would we do these things? What could possibly hold together as broad and diverse a coalition of people as those who sanctuaries all around the world every single week?" - Senior Pastor Emily Hull McGee

Address

501 W 5th Street
Winston-Salem, NC
27101

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 1pm
Sunday 11am - 12pm

Telephone

+13367222558

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