First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Florence, AL 35630. It is one of 211 churches in Florence, and one of 50 Baptist congregations in the city.
FBC Florence exists for the purpose of exalting the Lord in every aspect of life, edifying the believers and evangelizing the lost.
At First Baptist Church of Florence, worship is more than just a service—it’s a time to encounter God together as a multigenerational family of faith.
Florence, AL, 35630Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8am
- Friday 8am
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 — 71,417 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
- College Lunch
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Latest from First Baptist Church of Florence's YouTube channel: FBC Sunday Morning Worship (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.0% (13.9–30.1%)
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Poverty Rate: 24.5% (14.4–34.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 22.7%
- Obesity: 37.0%
- Depression: 26.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Florence city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 481 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Calvary Temple Church — 0.1 mi away
- Wood Avenue Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- True North Vineyard Church — 0.2 mi away
- Eastside Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Methodist — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Well Church Florence — 0.6 mi away
- Oakdale Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away