First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Phenix City, AL 36867. It is one of 152 churches in Phenix City, and one of 37 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our mission is to glorify God through worship, fellowship, discipleship, and service while fostering a spirit of compassion and humility.

At First Baptist Church Phenix City, we believe that EVERYONE is created in the image of God and is deserving of love, respect, and belonging.

Phenix City, AL, 36867

Website: https://www.youtube.com/@firstbaptistchurchphenixcityal

First 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 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 66.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 34.8% (22.9–46.6%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 32.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.1% (12.1–34.1%)
  • Diabetes: 18.5%
  • Obesity: 44.1%
  • Social Isolation: 38.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
  • Depression: 26.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
  • Unemployment: 6.7% (0.5–13.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Phenix City city is served by 55 churches — about one congregation for every 514 residents.

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