First Missionary Baptist Church

First Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gainesville, FL 32641. It is one of 303 churches in Gainesville, and one of 49 Baptist congregations in the city.

Gainesville, FL, 32641

Website: http://firstmissionarygv.org/

First Missionary 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.

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The community around First Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Poverty Rate: 32.6% (20.8–44.3%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
  • Diabetes: 20.4%
  • Obesity: 44.0%
  • Child Poverty: 23.8% (8.5–39.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.4–17.1%)
  • Unemployment: 6.3% (0.2–12.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Gainesville city is served by 120 churches — about one congregation for every 1,073 residents.

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