First Southern Baptist Church
First Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Porterville, CA 93257. It is one of 88 churches in Porterville, and one of 10 Baptist congregations in the city.
We are so glad you have chosen to visit our website! Our hope is that you may learn about our church and beliefs, so you may feel comfortable to join us during our worship service, Sunday 10:30am.
Porterville, CA, 93257Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am · through
Phone: (559) 784-1641 · Website: http://www.fsbcport.org/
First Southern 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 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 37.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Food Insecurity: 24.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
- Unemployment: 8.6% (4.0–13.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Porterville city is served by 39 churches — about one congregation for every 1,512 residents.
Churches near First Southern Baptist Church
- Porterville Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.4 mi away
- Henderson Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Valley Oak Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Family Life Church Porterville — 0.6 mi away
- NewLife Church — 0.7 mi away
- Family Christian Center — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Henderson Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Free Will Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
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