{"id":13,"date":"2015-10-06T15:52:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbcgraham-org.j9elxcy4-liquidwebsites.com\/what-to-expect\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T02:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:51:15","slug":"what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fbcgraham.org\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome\u00a0to First Baptist Church of Graham (FBCG), a moderate Baptist church, conveniently located at 224 N. Main Street in Graham, NC.\u00a0 We are affiliated with the NC Cooperative Baptist Fellowship – CBFNC.org.<\/a> (national) and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of NC.\u00a0 FBCG is also a part of the Mt. Zion Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here at First Baptist Graham, we worship in a style that we like to call Classic Worship. We sing all the traditional hymns with the pipe organ, as well as some of the more contemporary hymns and choruses composed in the last couple of decades. Our Chancel Choir sings mostly contemporary anthems accompanied by the organ or piano.<\/p>\n

Our staff and our laypeople share in leading parts of each service.<\/p>\n

We welcome you to come dressed however you chose, either dresses and coats and ties, or polo shirts, khakis or jeans.<\/p>\n

We have a great staff, headed up by our\u00a0Pastor,\u00a0Rev. Dr. Chris Howe.\u00a0 You will see posts about our church, items on interest and events on Facebook<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to look at several of our Sunday Bulletins, click here. <\/a><\/span>Our Sunday services are conducted at 11:00am. The services are broadcast live on radio stations 920-AM or 104.5FM. We “live-stream” our service on Facebook First Baptist Church of Graham | Facebook<\/a> and also here on our web page Live Streaming Sunday Service.<\/a><\/p>\n

We have a mid-week Prayer Service\/Bible Study on Wednesday’s at noon and 6:00pm.<\/p>\n

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We also have a mid-week Bible Study each Wednesday at 11:00 am<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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We would love to have you visit us and become a part of our church family.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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