This past Sunday was one filled with great excitement as we were led in music through song by Thomas K. Murphy, a recent graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.  Thomas, along with his wife Victoria and son Ian, was with us this past we...

"And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." 

Luke 10:2 ESV

For several years First Baptist Church has been in the process of revitalization. Recentl...

This past Sunday as we gathered together as the First Baptist Church in Elsberry, we continued our study in the book of Genesis entitled "Foundations."  Our text was Genesis 2:4-25 and the morning's sermon was called "Men, Women, and Marriage.  You can find this sermon...

This past Lord's Day at the First Baptist Church in Elsberry was filled with joy mixed with sorrow.  We sangs songs of praise and adoration to God for His majesty and His saving work through Christ on the cross.  We heard the Scriptures read aloud and explained.  And w...

This past Sunday we wrapped our "Why?" series addressing why we worship in some of the ways we do at First Baptist.  The first two weeks in the series were 1) Why we pray the Lord's Prayer each Sunday and 2) Why we sing and the reason for the songs that we sing.  The a...

 Last Sunday at First Baptist Pastor Greg delivered part two in our series entitled "Why?" by explaining why we sing and the songs we sing when we gather each week.  His main text of Scripture was Colossians 3:16-17 and he had six points:

1. We sing because o...

This news this week has been filled with tragic accounts of the loss of human life.  Celebrities, politicians, and regular Joes have all taken to social media to share their thoughts and feelings.  Their have been rallies, protests, and prayer gatherings.  In light of...

Last Sunday when we gathered as the Elsberry First Baptist Church, we continued our sermon series in the book of 1 Corinthians by looking at verses 13-14 of chapter 16:

"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love."

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At 64 pages in length, the book "How To Walk Into Church" has quite a bit of meat to it.  Here are several quotes on from this small, but useful book.  We would recommend getting a copy, reading it, and passing it along to others in your church as well. 

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 "If Jesus of Nazareth, who claimed to be the long-awaited Messiah foretold in the Old Testament, who claimed to be the Son of God (one with the Father), who claimed that His mission was to suffer and die for His people, who was sentenced to death by crucifixion, who d...