Our Mission

To help people:

  • Belong - feel welcome, valued and connected in the church community.

  • Believe - develop a relationship with Jesus by grace through faith.

  • Become - passionate followers of Jesus who live out our faith in every aspect of life.

Our Vision

We seek to be a Gospel-community where people are valued and become passionate followers of Jesus.

Our Values

Our guiding values are to be:

  • Authentic - We seek to be honest before the Lord and each other, humbly recognizing our failures and allowing the Gospel to transform us.

  • Gospel-Centered - We seek to be a people who intentionally live in the presence of God allowing life transformation to happen through the influence of the Bible and the power of the Holy Spirit all within the context of the Gospel-community.

  • Missional - We seek to actively engage with the world to purposely serve the needs of our community in real and relevant ways so that the Gospel can be presented through our words and lives.

 
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Worship & Activities

SUNDAY MORNING

  • 8:30 a.m. - Blended Service

  • 11:00 a.m. - Contemporary Service & Kids Connect

TUESDAY

  • 6:30 p.m. Young Adult Ministry

WEDNESDAY

  • 2 p.m. - Prayer Time / Room 211 (Loyal Heirs)

  • 6:30 p.m. - AWANA (Meets in Sanctuary)

  • 6:30 p.m. - MDWK (Meets in CLC)

FRIDAY

  • 6:00 a.m - Men's Prayer Time / Library

Our Discipleship Desire

Is for each person to mature in their relationship with God by:

  • Listening / Worshiping - Enjoying God's Word through reading and study as well as meaningful time in worship and prayer individually and corporately.

  • Passionate / Serving - Discovering the gifts God has given and actively using those gifts in serving the needs of others with joy.

  • Growing / Learning - Pursuing a close relationship with God; becoming a life-long learner that results in greater knowledge and love of God as well as a servant heart.

  • Giving / Stewardship - Thanking God for the resources He has given and joyfully giving a sacrificial percentage of income and time to the work of the church.

  • Multiplying - Sharing the grace and mercy of God, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit and love of Jesus with people in a way that helps them become followers of Jesus.

Acts 2:42-47
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day the continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Our Story: A Brief History of First Baptist Church of Augusta

Eight early pioneers of the Augusta area were recorded to have met at the rural home of David Richards on January 9, 1869 to organize what is now known as First Baptist Church of Augusta, Kansas. It was chartered with ten members and two others joined the next day.

Early meeting places included the James' log cabin, Blood's Hall and the little White Chapel on East Seventh Street. The White Chapel became the church's first permanent home in 1877.

The historic bell, now displayed on the west side of the office wing, had it's first home in the belfry of the White Chapel in 1878.

God led! The people followed! They grew spiritually and in number. A brick structure was added in front of the White Chapel in 1917. The stained glass window, presently at the east entrance, was first installed in the south side of the newly built Seventh Street Brick sanctuary.

In 1959, the congregation sang A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD while they marched up State Street to the present site at State and Kelly Streets.

In over 145 years, twenty-nine men have been called to be pastor, nine pastors have been ordained, twenty men and two women have been licensed to preach.

In the first decade of the 21st century, a congregation of over 800 members, three full-time pastors and more than eight full and part-time staff reach out to the community.