First Missionary Baptist Church
First Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in West Memphis, AR 72301. It is one of 74 churches in West Memphis, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.
West Memphis, AR, 72301First Missionary 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 Missionary 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up 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.
- Obesity: 54.8%
- Child Poverty: 50.8% (31.2–70.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 45.1%
- Social Isolation: 42.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.6%
- Poverty Rate: 35.2% (21.8–48.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 33.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.9%
- Diabetes: 25.2%
- Unemployment: 12.9% (3.4–22.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 21.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
West Memphis city is served by 47 churches — about one congregation for every 446 residents.
Churches near First Missionary Baptist Church
- Beautiful Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Old Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Whole Bible Church of Jesus Christ — 0.3 mi away
- First Church of Christ Holiness — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith International Ministry Center Church — 0.3 mi away
- Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Beautiful Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Old Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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