Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 701 S. Main St, Jonesboro, AR, 72401.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 9:45am (Morning Classic Worship in-person & online); Sunday at 5pm (Morning Contemporary Worship in-person & online). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Jonesboro, AR is a Baptist church. It is one of 20 Baptist congregations in Jonesboro.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 701 S. Main St in Jonesboro, AR 72401. It is one of 180 churches in Jonesboro, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.

Since 1852, the First Baptist community's heart has been for downtown Jonesboro, AR.

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701 S. Main St, Jonesboro, AR, 72401

Service times

Sunday 9:45am · Morning Classic Worship in-person & online
Sunday 5pm · Morning Contemporary Worship in-person & online

Phone: (870) 932-3456 · Website: https://fbcjonesboro.org/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,140 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 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.

Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

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Latest from First Baptist Church Jonesboro's YouTube channel: Aug. 2: 11:00 Sunday Morning Worship Service (all videos).

The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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: 57.9% (40.7–75.0%)
Obesity: 45.7%
Poverty Rate: 42.2% (29.9–54.5%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
Food Insecurity: 31.9%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.3% (14.5–32.1%)
Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.1%
Social Isolation: 35.8%
Depression: 28.3%
Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
Diabetes: 16.5%
Unemployment: 11.0% (5.5–16.4%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Jonesboro city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 815 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Compass Church — 0.1 mi away
Breaking Bonds Ministries — 0.1 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
Twelve 5 Church — 0.2 mi away
United Fellowship of Jonesboro Church — 0.2 mi away
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Jonesboro Arkansas — 0.2 mi away
Downtown Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Saint Pauls African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Central Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Redeemer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Walnut Street Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Fisher Street Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

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