First Missionary Baptist Church
First Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 370 Chickasaw St in Dothan, AL 36303. It is one of 127 churches in Dothan, and one of 39 Baptist congregations in the city.
370 Chickasaw St, Dothan, AL, 36303Service times
- Sunday 10am
- Wednesday 6pm
Phone: (334) 792-8351 · Website: https://www.fmbcfamily.org/contact.html
First Missionary 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 Missionary Baptist Church
- Ushers
- Deacons
- Progressive Matrons
- The Seed
- Deaconesses
- Youth ministry
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The community around First Missionary 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 nearly half 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 52.0%
- Food Insecurity: 47.5%
- Social Isolation: 43.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.9%
- Poverty Rate: 37.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.3%
- Diabetes: 24.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.3%
- Unemployment: 14.6% (8.6–20.7%)
- Child Poverty: 35.2% (24.8–45.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
- Depression: 24.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (10.3–17.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Dothan city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 912 residents.
Churches near First Missionary Baptist Church
- North Highland Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Central Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- Headland Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Beulah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Parks African Methodist Episcopal Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Triumph Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Wiregrass Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Grace Harvest Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- North Highland Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Headland Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Beulah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away