First Southern Baptist Church

First Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Santa Maria, CA 93458. It is one of 108 churches in Santa Maria, and one of 10 Baptist congregations in the city.

Santa Maria, CA, 93458

Shares a ministry location with Iglesia De Jesucristo en las Americas.

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 5 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 50.7%
  • Social Isolation: 42.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 37.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 33.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 24.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.5% (16.7–30.4%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
  • Child Poverty: 23.9% (7.5–40.2%)
  • Poverty Rate: 19.9% (9.4–30.5%)
  • Diabetes: 14.8%
  • Unemployment: 7.8% (4.2–11.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Santa Maria city is served by 39 churches — about one congregation for every 2,678 residents.

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