ABOUT US
We are an underdog church
– not powerful or wealthy
or a status-oriented
community. Just a
small church with a big
building trying to be in the
city for good. To be
peacemakers in our
homes and schools and
community. To comfort
those who mourn. To
nurture a hunger for
righteousness. To offer and
receive mercy.
– not powerful or wealthy
or a status-oriented
community. Just a
small church with a big
building trying to be in the
city for good. To be
peacemakers in our
homes and schools and
community. To comfort
those who mourn. To
nurture a hunger for
righteousness. To offer and
receive mercy.
Are you a loser, rebel, sell-out, liar, thief, adulterer, addict or
at best…unlikely to be chosen to be part of a church? Do you
wish you had a place to belong? Are you far from perfect and
make a lot of mistakes? A failure? A sinner? If so, then you
are the person we are looking for at First Baptist. In fact...you
are who Jesus is looking for.
Did you know that Jesus Christ didn’t pick religious, I’ve-got-it-
all-together people to be his disciples? Nope…instead he
picked individuals with bad reputations, tax collectors,
adulterers and other broken people. Actually, it is those who
recognize their pathetic loser status that are perfect for the
Kingdom. His twelve disciples, the leaders in His church, were
former trouble-makers, outcasts, sell-outs and sinners.
Alistair Begg once made a comment that we are all “pathetic
losers” who don’t have the power and don’t have the wisdom
to know what to do next. I think that is a very profound
statement. Many times it is our pride…our desire to put up a
false-front that we are ok…that American ‘pretending’ that we
have it all together, that causes us to fight against the notion
of being a “pathetic loser.” Being a loser is bad enough, but a
pathetic loser? The truth is we are pathetic losers…and
without Christ, we’re sunk.
Jesus said, “Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it”
(Mark 8:35). In the Kingdom of God, all the values of the world
are reversed. The way up is down. The last shall be first. The
least will be the greatest. The servants will be the leaders.
This is why we want people who can admit that they are
pathetic losers at First Baptist Church.
Pathetic Losers are able to worship in Spirit and in Truth (John
4). We worship in Spirit when we surrender every part of our
lives to Jesus Christ. You can only do this when you are at
the end of your rope and need hope. We worship in Truth
when we recognize not only WHO Jesus is, but when we
recognize that we are in desperate need of his grace and
forgiveness. These are the kind of worshipers the Father
seeks.
Wanted: People who are used, broken, rejected, have messed
up, are spiritually and/or emotionally bankrupt.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
We have been praying for you and we love you because we
are all sinners. None of us are better than the next person.
God has a plan and purpose for our lives and can give us a
life we never dreamed possible. We hope you will take the
next step towards that and come join us!
at best…unlikely to be chosen to be part of a church? Do you
wish you had a place to belong? Are you far from perfect and
make a lot of mistakes? A failure? A sinner? If so, then you
are the person we are looking for at First Baptist. In fact...you
are who Jesus is looking for.
Did you know that Jesus Christ didn’t pick religious, I’ve-got-it-
all-together people to be his disciples? Nope…instead he
picked individuals with bad reputations, tax collectors,
adulterers and other broken people. Actually, it is those who
recognize their pathetic loser status that are perfect for the
Kingdom. His twelve disciples, the leaders in His church, were
former trouble-makers, outcasts, sell-outs and sinners.
Alistair Begg once made a comment that we are all “pathetic
losers” who don’t have the power and don’t have the wisdom
to know what to do next. I think that is a very profound
statement. Many times it is our pride…our desire to put up a
false-front that we are ok…that American ‘pretending’ that we
have it all together, that causes us to fight against the notion
of being a “pathetic loser.” Being a loser is bad enough, but a
pathetic loser? The truth is we are pathetic losers…and
without Christ, we’re sunk.
Jesus said, “Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it”
(Mark 8:35). In the Kingdom of God, all the values of the world
are reversed. The way up is down. The last shall be first. The
least will be the greatest. The servants will be the leaders.
This is why we want people who can admit that they are
pathetic losers at First Baptist Church.
Pathetic Losers are able to worship in Spirit and in Truth (John
4). We worship in Spirit when we surrender every part of our
lives to Jesus Christ. You can only do this when you are at
the end of your rope and need hope. We worship in Truth
when we recognize not only WHO Jesus is, but when we
recognize that we are in desperate need of his grace and
forgiveness. These are the kind of worshipers the Father
seeks.
Wanted: People who are used, broken, rejected, have messed
up, are spiritually and/or emotionally bankrupt.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
We have been praying for you and we love you because we
are all sinners. None of us are better than the next person.
God has a plan and purpose for our lives and can give us a
life we never dreamed possible. We hope you will take the
next step towards that and come join us!
