Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 239 West Main Street, Norwich, CT, 06360.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 10:30am (morning); Tuesday at 9pm; Sunday at 6pm. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Norwich, CT is a Baptist church. It is one of 3 Baptist congregations in Norwich.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 239 West Main Street in Norwich, CT 06360. It is one of 46 churches in Norwich, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

Serving since 1800

239 West Main Street, Norwich, CT, 06360

Service times

Sunday 10:30am · morning
Tuesday 9pm
Sunday 6pm

Phone: (860) 800-3963 · Website: https://www.fbcnorwich.com/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 286 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Connecticut — 71,418 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 First Baptist Church

Men's Monthly Breakfast

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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: 26.6%
Unemployment: 12.9% (7.5–18.2%)
Social Isolation: 35.7%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
Poverty Rate: 25.7% (15.9–35.4%)
Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
Obesity: 37.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
Child Poverty: 27.7% (11.6–44.0%)
Depression: 23.9%
Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
Diabetes: 13.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Norwich city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 1,082 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Union Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Christ Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Norwich — 0.4 mi away
Saints Peter and Paul Church — 0.4 mi away
Family Church of God — 0.5 mi away
Castle Church — 0.6 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Norwich Tabernacle — 0.6 mi away
United Congregational Church — 0.6 mi away
Cathedral of Saint Patrick — 0.7 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Union Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Leffingwell Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Bozrah, CT
Calvary Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Preston, CT
Fitchville Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Bozrah, CT

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