First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1730 Jefferson St, Houston, TX, 77003 in Houston, TX 77088. It is one of 3,174 churches in Houston, and one of 579 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1841 · Services in Spanish · Accessible parking
1730 Jefferson St, Houston, TX, 77003, Houston, TX, 77088Phone: (713) 264-4200 · Website: http://www.houstonsfirst.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Worship Choir and Orchestra
- PATHMAKERS
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 48.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 27.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.6% (12.1–35.1%)
- Diabetes: 21.9%
- Poverty Rate: 22.9% (12.8–33.0%)
- Unemployment: 9.8% (5.8–13.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Cliffdale Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Progressive Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Champions Community Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Place Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- God's Holy Place — 0.2 mi away
- Pure Grace Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Body of Christ Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Luke Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Progressive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away