First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Sheffield, AL 35660. It is one of 43 churches in Sheffield, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
Sheffield, AL, 35660Website: http://www.fbcsheffield.org
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
- Food Insecurity: 28.3%
- Diabetes: 18.1%
- Obesity: 42.4%
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Child Poverty: 33.7% (15.6–51.9%)
- Poverty Rate: 27.6% (18.1–37.1%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
- Depression: 25.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Sheffield city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 274 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Pentecostal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Providence Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Gathering — 0.2 mi away
- Columbia Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Annapolis Avenue Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sheffield Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Freewill Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away