First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Newport, AR 72112. It is one of 47 churches in Newport, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
Newport, AR, 72112Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
- Wednesday 5pm · evening September May
- Sunday 9:15am · SchoolWe offer school classes morning
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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Family Meal
- Sunday School
- Student Ministry
- Kids Ministry
- Life Groups
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The community around First Baptist Church
In the few miles around 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 32.3%
- Food Insecurity: 27.7%
- Obesity: 44.9%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Poverty Rate: 23.1% (15.8–30.4%)
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
- Unemployment: 9.4% (2.6–16.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Depression: 25.7%
- Child Poverty: 25.3% (13.0–38.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Newport city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 419 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Seeds of Faith Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The 5th Street Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Pauls African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Browns Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Diaz Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Diaz, AR