Growing in the radical way of Christ.

FIRST BAPTIST

STUDENT UNION

The First Baptist Student Union (1BSU) is creating space to enable college-age students to be the people God already knows them to be. We are intentionally welcoming of people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and are radically growing in the way of Jesus Christ.

Come home to the First Baptist Student Union.

Game Night

Second Friday of every month, 6 p.m.

Join us in the library at First Baptist Church for a night of board games and fun. Have a fun game you’d like to share with us? Bring it along with you!

Free Breakfast

Every Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Join us in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church for free breakfast followed by worship in the sanctuary. Bring your friends and maybe a card game to play at breakfast!

70 Years of College Ministry at FBC

In Spring of 1954, a group of Baptists at Morehead State College (now University) organized the Baptist Student Union with our very own Rev. J.C. Raikes as the "Pastor Advisor." The utmost goal was for students to "develop spiritually as well as physically and mentally and to send forth Christian [students] for vital service to Christ through whatever vocation they've chosen." A former BSU director said that "This ministry [was] a testimony of the faithfulness of Kentucky Baptists, particularly those of First Baptist Church, Morehead, and some of the greatest students in the world.