First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Elkins, WV 26241. It is one of 28 churches in Elkins.
Elkins, WV, 26241First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults here carry depression, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Obesity: 45.0%
- Depression: 33.4%
- Social Isolation: 37.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (3.6–14.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.5%
- Poverty Rate: 16.2% (11.0–21.4%)
- Diabetes: 14.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Elkins city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 259 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Brendan Catholic Church — 0 mi away
- Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Refinery Church — 0.2 mi away
- John Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Woodford Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Centerbranch Church Elkins — 0.3 mi away
- First Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away