First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 235 South 5th Street in Gadsden, AL 35901. It is one of 215 churches in Gadsden, and one of 75 Baptist congregations in the city.
You will find a warm, safe, and friendly environment for you and your family every week at First Baptist Church! We worship Christ, hear a message from the Bible, and enjoy fellowship together each Sunday.
235 South 5th Street, Gadsden, AL, 35901Service times
Sunday | 9:15 am; Wednesday | 5:00 pm; Monday - Friday | 8:00 am (as listed)
Phone: (256) 547-6828 · Website: https://fbcgadsden.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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Children's Ministry
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 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: 84.9%
- Obesity: 49.6%
- Poverty Rate: 34.2% (22.7–45.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
- Food Insecurity: 32.9%
- Diabetes: 20.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (9.3–24.2%)
- Unemployment: 11.6% (2.9–20.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
- Depression: 23.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Gadsden city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 258 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Cornerstone Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Gadsden First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gadsden Vineyard Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sweet Home Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christian Science Society Church — 0.4 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter — 0.4 mi away
- Henry Street Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Henry Street Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- South Highland Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Union Street Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away