First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 201 West Poinsett Street in Greer, SC 29650. It is one of 131 churches in Greer, and one of 37 Baptist congregations in the city.
201 West Poinsett Street, Greer, SC, 29650First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 27.6%
- Social Isolation: 33.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.1%
- Poverty Rate: 25.0% (14.7–35.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.9% (9.9–25.8%)
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Obesity: 38.9%
- Child Poverty: 26.1% (6.3–46.0%)
- Depression: 23.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Greer city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 419 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Creek Kids-Abner Creek Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Hispana — 0.2 mi away
- Hope Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Church — 0.2 mi away
- Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.3 mi away
- Ministerios Ebenezer Río de Vida — 0.4 mi away
- Korean United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away