First Missionary Baptist Church

First Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Oakland, CA 94603. It is one of 485 churches in Oakland, and one of 68 Baptist congregations in the city.

Oakland, CA, 94603

Shares a ministry location with New Greater Mount Calvary Church.

First Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,885 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 43.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
  • Diabetes: 13.2%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Oakland city is served by 272 churches — about one congregation for every 1,609 residents.

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