RVA Black Love Fest

03/11/2026

On Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 11 AM, come to Second Baptist Church, West End to find out how you can receive $500.

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The Cool City Campaign in Richmond, Virginia, will hold a meeting at Second Baptist Church on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 11 AM. The campaign is a citywide effort to combat urban heat island effect through the historically disadvantaged communities in Richmond. Come find out how you can receive $500. Click link to register for the meeting:
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03/11/2026

The Cool City Campaign will hold a meeting at Second Baptist Church on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 11 AM. The campaign is a citywide effort to combat urban heat island effect through the historically disadvantaged communities in Richmond. Click the link to register for the meeting. Click this link:

The Cool the City Campaign is a city wide effort to combat Urban Heat Island Effect through the historically disadvantaged communities in Richmond. We are contracting at least 5 people from each faith congregation we work with to be Climate Connectors who will go through 4 workshops and a planting p...

02/01/2026

Virtual Worship Service. Worship with us!
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Snow and ice move 11 a.m. Worship Service to Zoom on February 1, 2026

Worship Service on Sunday is on Zoom so that our members can be safe and avoid venturing into the winter storm.

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01/25/2026

Come worship with us virtually on Sunday.
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Snowstorm moves Worship Service to YouTube, Facebook on January 25, 2026

Second Baptist Church will have a pre-recorded 11 a.m. Worship Service on Sunday so that our members can be safe and avoid venturing into the winter storm.

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12/20/2025

JOIN US SUNDAY AFTERNOON!


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We hope to see you Sunday afternoon at Second Baptist Church, West End for our original Christmas Drama Presentation titled "He Was a Child Like Me." Follow Jabari as a Christmas song he hears leads him to dream about the true meaning of Christmas: Jesus.

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09/19/2025

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Second Baptist Church, West End Drama Ministry Presents The West End Intergenerational Players

JOIN US! MEET WITH US AS WE GATHER TO PREPARE FOR THE
CHRISTMAS DRAMA PRESENATION! All members of THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY interested in ACTING and ASSISTING us please join us 12:45 p.m. on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2025 at Second Baptist Church, West End, 1400 Idlewood Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220

Email: [email protected] Church phone: 804-353-7682✝️
See you at the meeting!

07/28/2025

Second Baptist Church, in the West End of Richmond, Virginia, is looking for people age 6 and up who like to act, want to dip into acting, like performing poetry or just want to have fun while spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ.

We invite people in to join our innovative drama ministry, called the The West End Intergenerational Players, a Flash Mob/Pop-Up Drama Group.

LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION VIA
Email: [email protected]
Church phone: 804-353-7682

Rev. Dr. James Henry Harris is Pastor.

LET US KNOW YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS DYNAMIC
MINISTRY. 😊✝️❤️

“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 (NIV)

12/31/2024

COME WORSHIP WITH US!
You are invited to Second Baptist Church, West End, at 1400 Idlewood Avenue
Richmond, Virginia, 23220, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, for Watch Night service.

10/22/2024

Everyone is invited! We look forward to seeing you.

178-year-old West End church presses forward in faith
with Homecoming celebration, revival Oct. 27-29

RICHMOND, Va. — Faith might seem hard to come by these days, but the congregation of a 178-year-old Second Baptist Church, at 1400 Idlewood Avenue, in the Randolph community on the West End of Richmond, is “Pressing Forward in Faith.”

This theme for its Homecoming/Church Anniversary celebration at 11 a.m. Sunday, October 27, 2024, is based on Philippians 3:14: “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (KJV)

The Rev. Dr. Charlotte McSwine, a “daughter” of Second Baptist, and pastor of Charles City Community Church in Charles City, Va., will preach at the celebration.

Second Baptist will extend the celebration for two days with a revival, on Monday and Tuesday, October 28-29, 2024, starting at 7 p.m. nightly.

Preacher and teacher the Rev. Dr. Timothy Jones returns to his hometown of Richmond to preach for the revival at Second Baptist. Also known as the Rev. Dr. Timothy Levi Adkins-Jones, he is the pastor of the historic Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. He is the grandson of the Rev. Leroy Jones of Richmond.

Dr. Janet Copeland will be the musician for the two nights.

Church history says that during the great revival of 1831, many people of African heritage were admitted to membership in the Second Baptist Church, which was a white congregation. In 1846, 51 members, feeling the urge of greater service to God and man, voluntarily withdrew, and the Second Baptist for people of color was born.

The Rev. Dr. James Henry Harris, pastor of Second Baptist, says: “Second Baptist has been serving the community for 178 years, and we will move into our next phase with a revival, much like the church started. We invite everyone to celebrate with us on Sunday and get revived Monday and Tuesday.”

For more information, contact the church at 804-353-7682 or email [email protected].

10/18/2024

Where is the love we desperately seek? At the Black Community Love Festival in the West End on Oct. 26

RICHMOND, Va. — Where is the love we desperately seek? People are asking that question in these times.

A lot of it will be at Second Baptist Church, West End, at 1400 Idlewood Avenue in Richmond, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, from 12 to 4 p.m. during the 25th annual Black Community Love Festival.

The celebration of love will radiate as voices of glee from giveaways, vendors, bouncy houses, and all-around fun saturate the air.

Second Baptist Church (West End) and the Randolph Neighborhood Association will host the annual festival, which was created in 2008 because of the perceived increasing lack of consciousness and self-esteem in the Black community, says Pastor James Henry Harris of Second Baptist. There are many issues that impact the Black community. However, at the top of the list would be violence, Black-on-Black crime, high school dropout rates, increasing number of Black males incarcerated and health and the wellness of children, youth, and adults.

The Black Community Love Festival is a day filled with fellowship with the Randolph community, music from local performers, and fun activities/engagement for the kids, and to celebrate the overall love of Black Culture within the city of Richmond. There will be health, informational, clothing, food, and various other vendors on site; a vintage car show for car enthusiasts; and live entertainment, ranging from a physical fitness demonstration to a comedian.

The Black Community Love Festival is committed to providing positive self-esteem activities that encourage dialogue and self-reflection, resulting in respect and love for self and others.

For more information about the festival, call the church at 804-353-7682 or email [email protected].

Vendors interested in participating should email [email protected].

12/06/2023

Join us as we celebrate the season of Advent!

CELEBRATE ADVENT

For Christians, Advent is the period of four weeks before Christmas. It signifies the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ.

Let us celebrate Advent with HOPE, PEACE, JOY AND LOVE.

You are invited to join Second Baptist Church, West End, every Sunday for our 11 a.m. (Eastern Time) service at 1400 Idlewood Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220.
www.sbcwestend.com