First Baptist on Fifth

Life Together with Bethany Leggett and Maggie Clark

Join us for our Life Together Series where we interview members of our congregation and learn more about their story and why they chose First Baptist On Fifth to do "life together."

How Will I Know? By the Way | Sermon 4.27.25

A sermon preached on Luke 24:13-35 on April 27, 2025 by Rev. Amy R. McClure with First Baptist Church on Fifth, Winston-Salem, NC

Looking for the Living (Easter) | Sermon 4.20.25

A sermon preached on Luke 24:1-12 on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, by Emily Hull McGee with First Baptist Church on Fifth, Winston-Salem, NC

Clear Out The Way | Sermon 4.13.25

A sermon preached on Luke 19:28-40 on Sunday, April 13, 2025, by Emily Hull McGee with First Baptist Church on Fifth, Winston-Salem, NC

Clear Out Your Caution | Sermon 4.6.25

A sermon preached on John 12:1-8 on Sunday, April 6, 2025, by Emily Hull McGee with First Baptist Church on Fifth, Winston-Salem, NC

Life Together with Leah Clark and Kara Thompson

Join us for our Life Together Series where we interview members of our congregation and learn more about their story and why they chose First Baptist On Fifth to do "life together."

Clear Out Your Shame | Sermon 3.30.25

A sermon preached on Luke 15:1-2, 11b–32 on Sunday, March 30, 2025, by Emily Hull McGee with First Baptist Church on Fifth, Winston-Salem, NC

Life Together with Chris and Joy Gambill

Join us for our Life Together Series where we interview members of our congregation and learn more about their story and why they chose First Baptist On Fifth to do "life together."

Clear Out Your Impatience | Sermon 3.23.25

A sermon preached on Luke 13:1-9 on Sunday, March 23, 2025, by Emily Hull McGee with First Baptist Church on Fifth, Winston-Salem, NC

A Conversation With Rev. Dr. Amy Butler

Pastor Amy is author of Beautiful and Terrible Things, significant thought leader, and noted pastor, who currently serves as the Designated Pastor of Community Church of Honolulu and before that, served for five years as the seventh Senior Minister and first woman at the helm of the historic Riverside Church in the City of New York. She holds degrees from Baylor University, the International Baptist Theological Seminary, and Wesley Theological Seminary. Pastor Amy’s professional ministry career began as the director of a homeless shelter for women in New Orleans, Louisiana; she later became Associate Pastor of Membership and Mission at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in the city of New Orleans. In 2003, Butler was called to the position of Senior Minister of Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown, where she was also the first woman to lead that historic congregation. Pastor Amy created and leads Invested Faith, a 501(c)3 organization founded to help individuals and religious institutions use their assets to fund the work of faith-rooted social entrepreneurs building businesses that are changing unjust systems.