First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 941 Mason Ave SW in Birmingham, AL 35211-3845. It is one of 596 churches in Birmingham, and one of 157 Baptist congregations in the city.
The vision of First Baptist Birmingham is to show and share the love of Christ, to unite and disciple believers, all for the glory of God.
941 Mason Ave SW, Birmingham, AL, 35211-3845Service times
- Wednesday 11am · Morning Prayer Service
Phone: (205) 715-0095 · Website: https://www.fbcbirmingham.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,551 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 71,352 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Missions
- Children's Ministry
- Bible Drill
- Music & Missions
- Missions Group
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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: 46.4%
- Social Isolation: 41.5%
- Food Insecurity: 36.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
- Diabetes: 24.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.8%
- Child Poverty: 32.7% (14.1–51.3%)
- Poverty Rate: 26.7% (15.6–37.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.1% (10.2–24.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Woodland Park Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- More Than Conquerors Faith Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Mark's Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mt Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Sixth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Union Bethel Christian Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Mason City — 0.7 mi away
- Birmingham International Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Everlasting Covenant Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mt Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Sixth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Mason City — 0.7 mi away
- New Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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