First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in MS 39766.

MS, 39766

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around First Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 36.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.7%
  • Diabetes: 15.6%
  • Obesity: 38.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
  • Child Poverty: 24.7% (8.2–41.6%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.0% (8.4–23.7%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (8.3–19.0%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%
  • Unemployment: 7.5% (2.5–12.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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