First Free Will Baptist Church

First Free Will Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Walnut Ridge, AR 72476. It is one of 20 churches in Walnut Ridge, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Walnut Ridge, AR, 72476

First Free Will 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.

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The community around First Free Will Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Obesity: 43.3%
  • Child Poverty: 37.7% (22.0–53.4%)
  • Social Isolation: 33.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
  • Depression: 26.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.0% (14.6–29.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 18.9%
  • Diabetes: 14.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (7.9–18.5%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%

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

Walnut Ridge city is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 1,136 residents.

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