Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 300 West Main Street, Dothan, AL, 36301.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 10:30am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Dothan, AL is a Baptist church. It is one of 40 Baptist congregations in Dothan.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 300 West Main Street in Dothan, AL 36301. It is one of 167 churches in Dothan, and one of 40 Baptist congregations in the city.

First Baptist Dothan has been a part of the Dothan Community since 1887. We are committed to pursuing a Biblical expression of what it means to be a church. We are committed to faithfully preaching the gospel, gathering regularly for worship, observing the ordinances, meeting tangible needs in our community, and helping one another grow in our holiness and understanding of God’s Word.

300 West Main Street, Dothan, AL, 36301

Service times

Sunday 10:30am

Phone: (334) 792-5117 · Website: https://www.fbcdothan.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 — 71,418 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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Latest from First Baptist Dothan's YouTube channel: Sunday September 13, 2026 (all videos).

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. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

Child Poverty: 72.3%
Obesity: 54.2%
Food Insecurity: 52.3%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.3%
Poverty Rate: 43.9%
Social Isolation: 43.7%
Housing Insecurity: 35.8%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.0%
Diabetes: 27.1%
Transportation Barriers: 26.7%
Unemployment: 14.7% (8.6–20.8%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.6%
Depression: 25.1%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Dothan city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 912 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Grace Harvest Church — 0.1 mi away
Church at the Crossing — 0.2 mi away
Vision Ministries — 0.2 mi away
Bread Of Life Multicultural Center — 0.2 mi away
Poplar Springs Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Power in the Word Ministries — 0.3 mi away
Bible Way Cooljc — 0.3 mi away
Grace and Truth International Ministries — 0.3 mi away
Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
Gospel Light House Pentecostal Church — 0.4 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

First Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
St James Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Headland Avenue Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Greater Beulah Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away

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