Welcome to the First Baptist Church of Rapid City website! Let me tell you a little about who we are. We are an American Baptist Church (see http://www.abc-usa.org/) and are a part of the ABC Dakotas region (see http://www.abc-dakotas.org/). We’re also very close to beautiful Camp Judson in the Hills (see http://www.campjudson.org/).
Our worship services are at 8:30am and 10:45am on Sunday morning. The 8:30am service is more traditional. We sing hymns, recite the Lord’s Prayer, and incorporate more liturgy in this service. Our 10:45am service includes more contemporary music, video clips, and the style is more casual. Our Sunday School hour runs from 9:30am – 10:30am. There are some exceptions to this schedule.
Whenever there is a 5th Sunday in the month, we have Sunday School at 9:00am and worship at 10:00am. Also on major national holidays we will sometimes go with a 9:00am Sunday School and 10:00am worship schedule. A way to be sure is simply to call our church office number at 605-343-0342.
Our midweek schedule includes a day we call W.O.W. That stands for Worship On Wednesday. The W.O.W. schedule begins in September and runs through May. We have an evening meal that begins at 6:00pm and is free of charge. Discipleship classes for 4-year olds through Senior Citizens happen from 6:30pm-7:30pm and we have a staffed nursery for those who wish to take advantage of it for the real young ones. The choir also currently practices from 5:30pm-6:15pm and we’re always looking for new people who like to sing.
Are you looking for a church home? My goal is to help people find a church that’s right for them whether it’s here at First Baptist or somewhere else. There are lots of excellent churches in our community. So come and worship with us! We’d love to get to know you better.