First Baptist Church Woodward
First Baptist Church Woodward is a Missionary Baptist church at 4520 Edwards St in Brighton, AL 35020-1824. It is one of 7 churches in Brighton, and one of 3 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1912
4520 Edwards St, Brighton, AL, 35020-1824Phone: (205) 424-4330 · Website: https://shilohbaptistbrighton.org/?page_id=5
First Baptist Church Woodward 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.
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The community around First Baptist Church Woodward
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 47.7%
- Social Isolation: 42.2%
- Food Insecurity: 39.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
- Poverty Rate: 33.5% (18.9–48.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 27.5%
- Diabetes: 24.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.3% (14.1–34.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.0%
- Unemployment: 15.1% (9.0–21.2%)
- Child Poverty: 36.9% (17.2–56.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church Woodward
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Direction Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Fairfield Highlands Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away in Midfield, AL
- Fairfield Highlands Church of Christ — 1.1 mi away in Midfield, AL
- Faith Church — 1.1 mi away in Midfield, AL
- Destiny Worship Center — 1.1 mi away in Lipscomb, AL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away