First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 108 Wood Avenue East in Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. It is one of 17 churches in Big Stone Gap, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
108 Wood Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA, 24219Website: https://fbcbsg.com/
First 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 44.2%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Unemployment: 8.2% (1.3–15.2%)
- Depression: 25.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
- Food Insecurity: 19.1%
- Poverty Rate: 18.5% (8.8–28.2%)
- Diabetes: 14.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Big Stone Gap Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Rock Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- West End Independent Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethesda Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Heritage Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Beech Grove Church — 0.8 mi away
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away