First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Pocahontas, AR 72455. It is one of 23 churches in Pocahontas, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
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Pocahontas, AR, 72455First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- AWANA
- Youth Group
- Adult Prayer and Bible Study
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
- Food Insecurity: 25.2%
- Obesity: 43.5%
- Social Isolation: 35.4%
- Child Poverty: 34.5% (15.7–53.2%)
- Depression: 28.0%
- Poverty Rate: 26.1% (16.7–35.6%)
- Diabetes: 15.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (2.0–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Pocahontas city is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 701 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Pocahontasfumc — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Cross Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Pyburn Street Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- JLM Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- PocahontasPCG — 0.7 mi away
- First United Pentecostal Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.8 mi away
- Skaggs Church of Christ — 1.3 mi away