First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Starkville, MS 39759. It is one of 76 churches in Starkville, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1839
Starkville, MS, 39759First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Pastoral Care
- Special needs
- PreSchool
- Children
- Students
- Missions
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 37.9% (25.5–50.3%)
- Social Isolation: 36.3%
- Food Insecurity: 20.6%
- Child Poverty: 23.4% (6.4–40.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
- Unemployment: 6.9% (0.2–14.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Starkville city is served by 24 churches — about one congregation for every 666 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Baptist Starkville Warehouse — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Connection — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Griffin United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Resurrection — 0.3 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Peters Rock Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- The Assembly Starkville — 0.4 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away