These recordings of sermons and special events are a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. We invite you to download them for your personal use and it is our hope that God blesses you through their content.

Make sure not to miss our video archives page where you can watch video of the special music that is part of the worship experience at First Baptist Church.

The audio recordings are the messages of Dr. Rick Stevens, our pastor.

How to Download and Play These Files

These are MP3 files. You may play them directly by just clicking on the message title, or the icon to its right hand side. If you have a slow connection, or if the server is busy you may experience intermittent interruptions of the sound. Some browsers will not play the files directly, in which case you will need to download the file as outlined below.

To download the file to your computer, you should click on the message title or the icon beside it with the right mouse button (right click it). A menu will pop up that will allow you to save the file to your computer. Just save it to a location you won't forget. You might want to make a special directory just to hold these files. After it is fully downloaded, simply double click the file and it will open in your media player and the file will play without interruption.

If your computer does not have a media player on it, iTunes is a free player that is easy to install and allows to to easily organize MP3 or other audio files. You can download it for free from the Apple computer website on the iTunes Download Page.

If you are already familiar with iTunes and own an iPod, these files can be transferred from iTunes to your iPod where you can listen to them on the go.

We hope you enjoy the recordings.