First Missionary Baptist Church
First Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 233 Vine St, NW Decatur, AL, 35601 in Decatur, AL 35601. It is one of 169 churches in Decatur, and one of 33 Baptist congregations in the city.
First Missionary Baptist Decatur has been and continues to be a monument to the grace of God and to the faith of his people who served him have continued to serve Him.
Serving since 1866
233 Vine St, NW Decatur, AL, 35601, Decatur, AL, 35601Website: http://www.firstmbd.org/
First Missionary Baptist Church 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 Missionary Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
- Food Insecurity: 28.0%
- Obesity: 43.2%
- Social Isolation: 36.6%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
- Poverty Rate: 19.8% (10.7–28.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (6.3–18.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Decatur city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 749 residents.
Churches near First Missionary Baptist Church
- Kings Memorial Church — 0.1 mi away
- Baileys Temple Church — 0.2 mi away
- Canaan Community Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Abundant Life Church — 0.2 mi away
- Macedonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Eden Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Garner Memorial Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Newcomb Street Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Canaan Community Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Grove Primitive Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away