From the desk of Bonnie Brown, FBC Deacon Chair…Dr. Bill Hardee has faithfully served our church as Senior Pastor for eleven years and has been in ministry for over forty years. He has decided it is time for him to retire, to be effective the end of January. Dr.Hardee...

This Sunday, we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Connexion service. In ten years, this service has grown to be a vital piece in the overall ministry of First Baptist. We celebrate all the lives who have been reached and transformed by the Gospel message...

Church offices and buildings are closed at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24. Church offices and buildings are closed Christmas Day. Church offices and buildings will reopen on Thursday, December 26 at 1:00 p.m. Church offices and buildings are closed on Tuesday,...

December 24 5:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary Benevolence Offering One of the traditions that we have here at First Baptist is to take up a special offering on “5th Sundays” and on “Communion Sundays.” 100% of this offering goes to benefit the benevolence work that we do...

December 29 11:00 a.m. in Morgan Hall. No Benevolence Offering.

December 15 On Sunday, December 15, we will ordain newly elected deacon, Curtis Hardwick, in our Connexion service. We celebrate the ministry that Curtis already has at First Baptist and the ways that God will continue to use him in the weeks, months, and years ahead....

On Sunday, November 24th, we will join with St. George’s Episcopal, First Presbyterian, First Methodist, St. John Lutheran, and Eagles Way for combined worship at 4:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary of St. George’s Episcopal Church. It is a rare moment when we connect with...

This past Sunday, many of you joined us in surrendering your running shoes as an act of repentance for the ways we, like Jonah, have run away from God’s call. It also became an act of obedience as we sought to clothe Jesus, who has come to us in the form of our...

Everyone needs a good pair of shoes, and as we study the book of Jonah together, we know Jonah ran from the call of God. We are going to turn in our own running shoes as a way to commit to God rather than from him in our own lives. We want to run TO God rather than...

On Sunday, October 27, FBC Griffin had a called Church Conference at the end of all three morning worship services. This conference was for the purpose of electing new deacons to begin serving in 2020, voting on whether to approve the recommendation of the deacons to...

Time Change Sunday Clocks fall back at 2:00 a.m. Library's 75th Birthday Celebration You are invited to attend the 75th Anniversary celebration of the First Baptist Church Library Ministry this Sunday, November 3. As we celebrate we are asking our church family to...

November 3 FBC Griffin is a “community of grace.” However, we recognize that grace is a journey, not a destination. As with any journey, there are often unexpected twists and turns in the road. Whatever your journey has been to this point, we are thankful that God has...

On Sunday, September 15 during all Worship Services, we will be called into a brief conference in order: to approve the new nominees to be added to the Nominating Committee (Farrah Crider, Angela Rooks, and Gloria Treadway) and to nominate 9 deacon candidates who,...