First Baptist Church Amherst welcomes you to our website, as a doorway into the life of our congregation. This fellowship was established long, long ago, and today we continue to rejoice in sharing our spirituality and many activities as disciples of Jesus. We welcome a wide variety of people, at many stages of faith. We open our doors to many visitors each year. Will you be among them?

Below, you can see our calendar of events, and elsewhere here find out all about us.

All Are Welcome In This Place!

 Statement of Inclusion:  “All are welcome.”

 At First Baptist Church, we are ruled by the commandment to love God and one another. Because we believe that Jesus taught and practiced an inclusive discipleship of equals, we welcome everyone to worship, leadership and all services of the church regardless of ability, colour, ethnicity, creed, economic background, sexual orientation, or gender identity as we continue our journey in faith.

 We decided many years ago to practice open membership and open communion. As to membership, although our regular practice is immersion baptism, we receive all who commit to follow Jesus. We do not feel compelled to re-baptize believers coming from other Christian churches.

 Our welcoming of everyone includes those who may struggle with our commitment to offer full participation to all. We call each of us to graciously live together in the community of Christ regardless of our differences.

  Identity Statement: Who are we?

 First Baptist is an historic congregation which has been an active member of the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada and its predecessors for more than 100 years as well as The Atlantic Baptist Fellowship and its successor Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms for more than 50 years. As a locally governed church with Jesus as our leader, we are free to determine who may be our members and representatives and who may participate in leadership and all services of our church, without interference from any other government or church body.