First Baptist Church of Akron
First Baptist Church of Akron is a Baptist church at PO Box 281 / 7160 First Ave N in Akron, AL 35441. It is one of 14 churches in Akron.
Helping people find God, grow their faith, discover their purpose and make a difference.
Founded in 1834, First Baptist Church of Akron is Akron's oldest Baptist congregation. We are a diverse and welcoming place to worship God and enjoy His fellowship with the purpose of:
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PO Box 281 / 7160 First Ave N, Akron, AL, 35441Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · worship service begins
Phone: +12053720833 · Website: https://www.firstbaptistakron.org/
First Baptist Church of Akron is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,553 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 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 of Akron
It takes 6.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Obesity: 45.8%
- Food Insecurity: 26.4%
- Diabetes: 19.3%
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
- Poverty Rate: 21.2% (11.4–30.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (2.8–21.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Akron
- Wesley Church — 2.8 mi away
- Miles Chapel Church — 3 mi away
- Bass Tabernacle CME Church — 3.1 mi away
- Fivemile Church — 3.1 mi away
- Five Mile Primitive Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
- Stewart Church — 3.2 mi away
- Spring Hill Church — 3.2 mi away in Moundville, AL
- Friendship Church — 3.8 mi away
- Flatwood Church — 3.9 mi away
- Mount Hebron Church — 4.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Five Mile Primitive Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
- Concord Church — 5.4 mi away in Moundville, AL
- New Bethany Baptist Church — 5.4 mi away in Eutaw, AL
- Starlight Baptist Church — 5.7 mi away in Eutaw, AL
- Baptist Retreat Church — 6.5 mi away