First Baptist Church of Marshall Heights
First Baptist Church of Marshall Heights is a Baptist church in Washington, DC 20019. It is one of 748 churches in Washington, and one of 213 Baptist congregations in the city.
Reaching People. Restoring Lives. Reclaiming Community.
Washington, DC, 20019Service times
Sunday | 9:00 AM (as listed)
Phone: (202) 584-2230 · Website: http://firstbaptistchurchofmarshallheights.org/
First Baptist Church of Marshall Heights is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 231 congregations of the Baptist family gather across District of Columbia — 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church of Marshall Heights
- Adult Sunday School
- Word Alive Bible Study
- Weekly Prayer Call
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Latest from FBCMH Church's YouTube channel: FBCMH 11/01/26 (Communion Sunday) Sunday Service (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church of Marshall Heights
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 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: 42.2%
- Food Insecurity: 32.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
- Poverty Rate: 23.2% (12.3–34.1%)
- Unemployment: 11.2% (4.8–17.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Marshall Heights
- Saint Lucille African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Leading Commandment Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Luke Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Divine Mission Church — 0.2 mi away
- Metrotone Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Apostolic Faith — 0.2 mi away
- Clinton Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ of the East Capitol — 0.2 mi away
- Peace Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Guiding Light Refuge Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Metrotone Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Guiding Light Refuge Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Capital View Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John Baptist Church of Marshall Heights — 0.3 mi away
- The Community Church of Washington DC — 0.3 mi away
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