About First Baptist Church of St. Paul

Here's What We're About

The vision for our church is to become a fully functioning body of Christ, which through worship and ministry our works of kindness might overflow into our community, giving all the glory to God and His Kingdom.

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Our Vision and Ministry

May of 2005 a group of Deacons and their Pastor attended a Pastor-Deacon retreat at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center outside of Lynchburg, Virginia. Two of our ladies had the good fortune of attending a small break out session called "Setting the Deacon Free." They came back excited about what they had heard encouraging the rest of us to attend the session. >More>

Key Principles of Faith, etc.

The Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God and is the basis for any statement of faith. We band ourselves together as a body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ, personally committed to sharing the Good News of salvation to lost mankind. >More>

Church History

An outgrowth of several gatherings to discuss the need of a Baptist presence in the community, St. Paul Baptist Church was organized on March 19, 1922, at a meeting held in the auditorium of the St. Paul School. Reverend J. B. Craft, a Baptist Missionary in Scott County, Virginia, was called as part-time pastor of the new congregation. >More>

Associations

The government of First Baptist Church of St. Paul is vested in the body of believers who compose it. It is subject to the control of no other ecclesiastical body, but it recognizes and sustains the obligations of mutual counsel and cooperation common among Baptist Churches. >More>

First Baptist Church of St. Paul, Virginia

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