First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gainesville, FL 32601. It is one of 303 churches in Gainesville, and one of 49 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1870 · Part of Florida Baptist Convention
Gainesville, FL, 32601First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,713 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Florida — 71,872 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
- Hearing-Impaired Ministry
- Student Ministry
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Latest from First Baptist Church of Gainesville, FL's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship at 10:30am (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,400 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: 60.0%
- Depression: 27.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7% (11.9–21.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Gainesville city is served by 120 churches — about one congregation for every 1,073 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- PowerHouse Faith & Praise Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- City Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Prayers By Faith Outreach Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Fourth Avenue Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Progressive Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- North Central Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Springhill Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
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