First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church in Lamar, CO 81052. It is one of 18 churches in Lamar.

Serving since 1900

Lamar, CO, 81052

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 490 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Colorado — 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.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.0%
  • Depression: 23.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.6% (7.8–29.4%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (6.4–16.8%)
  • Unemployment: 7.7% (4.2–11.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Lamar city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 901 residents.

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