First Baptist Church of Alameda is a multicultural, intergenerational community church, affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of the Central Pacific Coast. We have served Alameda since our founding in 1877, with continuing focus on meaningful worship, warm hospitality, community involvement, and spiritual development.
What to Expect
At First Baptist Alameda, we say that there's a place for you here. We're working to embody those words every week, so we hope you feel at home and find what you’re looking for. Here's what you can expect during our services:
Our worship services are casual, so wear what you'd like, sit where you're comfortable, and move about when necessary.
To ensure the health of our diverse faith family, we encourage you to wear a mask when inside the building. We also ask that each person be sensitive to the personal space and comfort levels of others as you choose seats and interact.
We love children and value their presence in the worship service. We also have a quiet room at the back of the sanctuary for those parents and children who may feel more at ease in that space.
Our music is best described as contemporary, led by a worship team that includes vocalists, keyboard, guitar, and drums. Please feel free to participate in the music in whatever ways you feel comfortable, including listening, singing, sitting, standing, kneeling, raising hands, clapping, and moving.
We have personal amplification systems for our hearing-impaired guests. Please speak to the sound technician for assistance.
We incorporate a brief greeting time early in the service. We hope you will feel seen and welcomed. We also want you to be comfortable with the interactions you have with others, whether those be handshakes, fist bumps, hugs, or simply verbal greetings and smiles.
To support our ministry, we collect an offering during each service. You are welcome to give but are in no way obligated to do so.
We would love for you to fill out a communication card, so we can get to know you. Don't worry...no one will show up at your house unexpectedly. This will just allow the pastor to reach out to you, to answer questions or provide information or support. This card can be dropped in the offering plate.
We invite you to stay a few minutes after the service for some refreshments and conversation in the gym area.
American Baptists
First Baptist Church of Alameda is associated with the American Baptist Churches USA, specifically the American Baptist Churches of the Central Pacific Coast. The following facts are representative of our traditions and practices.
American Baptists believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior, and that the Bible is the divinely inspired word of God that serves as the final written authority for living out the Christian faith.
For American Baptists, the local church is the fundamental unit of mission in denominational life.
American Baptists partake of two ordinances: believers' baptism and The Lord's Supper.
American Baptists believe that the committed individual Christian can and should approach God directly, and that individual gifts of ministry should be shared.
American Baptists take seriously the call to evangelism and missionary work.
American Baptists support religious freedom and respect the expressions of faith of others.
American Baptists acknowledge that God's family extends beyond our local churches, and that God calls us to cooperative ministries.
American Baptists have been called to be Christ's witnesses for justice and wholeness within a broken society.
American Baptist Churches USA celebrates the racial, cultural and theological diversity witnessed within its membership.
American Baptists heed the biblical call to renewal and the need for a vital witness in a new millennium.
