First African Baptist Church
First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Savannah, GA 31408. It is one of 417 churches in Savannah, and one of 83 Baptist congregations in the city.
Savannah, GA, 31408Website: https://firstafricanbc.com/
First African Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First African Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 43.0%
- Food Insecurity: 34.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 27.5% (19.5–35.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 26.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.6%
- Diabetes: 17.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
- Unemployment: 9.9% (3.4–16.5%)
- Obesity: 39.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Savannah city is served by 217 churches — about one congregation for every 727 residents.
Churches near First African Baptist Church
- Word First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Little Bryan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Jerusalem Church — 0.2 mi away
- Taylor African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Greater New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Brampton Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- True Born Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Mt Bethel Holiness Church — 0.6 mi away
- United House of Prayer For All People — 0.6 mi away