Welcome to Friendship Baptist Church

5200 Newbys Bridge Road

Chesterfield, VA 23832

Friendship is a church that loves God, loves people, and exists to reach others with the good news of Jesus Christ.

A Word from the Pastor – February 2026

“The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” - Matthew 4:16 (NIV)

I have a friend of mine who is a missionary in China. Of course, officially he is a teacher, because sharing the Gospel in China can get you thrown into prison or even executed. And he faces this constant danger because he is obsessed with living out The Great Commission. He lives in a large city where the winters are very cold. And one February he sent me the following reflection:

“It is six o’clock on a cold winter morning, and I am in darkness. The power will be off for more than two hours, as our national power grid is no longer sufficient to supply the needs of our population. To eke out and share the available power, we have rotational power outages known as “rolling blackouts” or “load-shedding.” But the world outside is not completely dark. In the street, the bright lights of cars move boldly through the darkness. These vehicles carry within themselves a power source that constantly regenerates.

I liken these vehicles to faithful Christians, who relentlessly move forward in an often-dark world. When the power of the world is no longer sufficient to sustain us, we have a continuous and never-failing power source available to us — the light of Christ. We carry Christ’s love within ourselves and regenerate it through studying scripture, worshiping, and loving others even as we move forward in the darkness.”

Source of Light, we praise you and thank you for all the beacons that you place along our path to direct us and lead us to your never-failing light and love. Amen.

 Worship with us this Sunday.

In-Person or Online

9:45 Sunday School

11:00 Worship Service (In-Person and Live Streamed)