Arcata First Baptist Church
Arcata First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1700 Union Street in Arcata, CA 95521. It is one of 17 churches in Arcata, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to reflect God’s glory so all people will know Jesus, lead transformed lives and answer His call to disciple nations.
Arcata First Baptist Church has had a passion for missions and global outreach from early on in the life of the church.
1700 Union Street, Arcata, CA, 95521Service times
- Sunday 10:15am · Services
Phone: (707) 822-0367 · Website: http://www.arcatafbc.org/
Arcata First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,840 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,352 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 Arcata First Baptist Church
- Local Outreach
- Eureka Rescue Mission
- Juvenile Hall
- Mountain of Mercy
- Pregnancy Care Center
- Redwood Adult Teen Challenge
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The community around Arcata First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the people here live 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.
- Social Isolation: 40.5%
- Poverty Rate: 39.8%
- Unemployment: 15.4% (7.3–23.4%)
- Depression: 29.9%
- Food Insecurity: 22.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Arcata city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 566 residents.
Churches near Arcata First Baptist Church
- Lutheran Church of Arcata — 0.1 mi away
- Arcata Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
- Campbell Creek Connexion — 0.3 mi away
- Arcata Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- HSU Newman Catholic Center — 0.6 mi away
- Gospel Lighthouse — 0.7 mi away
- Telios Christian Fellowship — 0.7 mi away
- Heritage Pentecostal Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Sunny Brae Baptist Church — 1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Trinity Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Sunny Brae Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- McKinleyville Baptist Church — 4.7 mi away in McKinleyville, CA
- Church of the Light — 5 mi away in McKinleyville, CA
- First Baptist Church — 7.4 mi away in Eureka, CA