First Wesleyan Church is a warm, vibrant, and growing church in Rapid City, South Dakota. We worship God passionately each Sunday morning, connect with each other in a fun and meaningful way, engage and make a positive impact in our community and around the world, and bring others with us on this exciting journey of faith.

On Sundays, your heart will be moved through inspiring music, singing, and prayer, and your faith will be strengthened through a message that directly connects the deep words of Scripture to your everyday life. Your kids will also have fun during our Sunday School classes.

Throughout the week, adults meet again to connect and share the word of the Lord through Small Groups. On Wednesdays during the school year, adults have the chance to dig into the Scripture on a more personal level, teens get to hang out and feel a sense of belonging to something bigger, and kids get to play and have fun while learning the Bible through our Awana program.

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. — Hebrews 10:25

Our Staff Members

Steve Selfridge

Senior Pastor

Steve grew up in Kansas in a pastor’s home. He graduated from Chanute High School in Chanute, Kansas, and went to Oklahoma Wesleyan University. During his freshman year at college, he felt God calling him into full-time ministry seeing Isaiah 6:8 as a calling for him. “Then I heard the...

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Bradley White

Assistant Pastor — Music/Discipleship

Bradley grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota. Before graduating from Mitchell High School, he met his wife Megan. While attending Cedar Canyon Church Camp, he received his call to ministry and was blessed with a heart to lead God’s people in worship. He went to Indiana Wesleyan University and obtained...

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Mark Boettcher

Assistant Pastor — Youth/Outreach

Mark grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota until the 8th grade. After moving, he graduated from Gwinn High School in Gwinn, Michigan. During his first semester of his freshmen year of college at Western Dakota Tech, Mark accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of his life. After Mark’s...

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