First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Wynne, AR 72396. It is one of 59 churches in Wynne, and one of 19 Baptist congregations in the city.
Glorify God by making disciples from Wynne to the world.
Wynne Baptist Church began in 1890 when 25 believers/followers of Jesus Christ met for worship in one of their homes.
Serving since 1890
Wynne, AR, 72396First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,152 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 71,417 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
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The community around First 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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 48.9%
- Child Poverty: 42.6% (28.4–56.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.7%
- Food Insecurity: 34.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
- Diabetes: 19.3%
- Unemployment: 15.6% (8.3–23.0%)
- Social Isolation: 37.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
- Poverty Rate: 29.6% (21.3–38.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
- Depression: 25.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Wynne city is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 542 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Jones Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel AMEC WYNNE — 0.2 mi away
- G Street Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Valley Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Mary Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Wynne Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Hello Church — 0.4 mi away
- Empowerment For Life Christian Center Church of God In Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Union Valley Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Candlelight Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- East Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away