First Southern Baptist Church
First Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 445 East Speedway Boulevard in Tucson, AZ 85705. It is one of 498 churches in Tucson, and one of 37 Baptist congregations in the city.
To Know Christ and to make Him known
First Southern is dedicated to a very simple purpose: to bring people to Jesus and to help them mature in their relationship with Him (for His glory).
445 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, AZ, 85705Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8am
- Friday 8am
First Southern Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 508 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arizona — 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.
Find First Southern Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
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Latest from First Southern Tucson's YouTube channel: Second Service September 20, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Southern 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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.
- Poverty Rate: 43.5%
- Social Isolation: 38.4%
- Depression: 29.9%
- Food Insecurity: 22.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (6.5–19.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Tucson city is served by 85 churches — about one congregation for every 6,124 residents.
Churches near First Southern Baptist Church
- Tucson Chinese Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pima Monthly Meeting — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Siloam Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Olive Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Challenge — 0.4 mi away
- Vineyard Christian Community — 0.5 mi away
- University City Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Tucson Chinese Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt. Calvary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Coronado Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away