First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 331 Shore Ave, Kotzebue, AK, 99752 in Kotzebue, AK 99752. It is one of 5 churches in Kotzebue.
A welcoming church that truly serves the spiritual needs of our community in Kotzebue.
331 Shore Ave, Kotzebue, AK, 99752, Kotzebue, AK, 99752Website: http://www.firstbaptistkotzebue.org/
First 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
It takes 20.0 miles in every direction to gather 1,600 neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Social Isolation: 37.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
- Food Insecurity: 24.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5%
- Obesity: 37.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (4.9–9.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Friends Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Saint George's in the Arctic Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.8 mi away