What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Okeechobee, FL is a Baptist church. It is one of 7 Baptist congregations in Okeechobee.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Okeechobee, FL 34972. It is one of 63 churches in Okeechobee, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.

Okeechobee, FL, 34972

First 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 Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
Diabetes: 18.3%
Obesity: 44.9%
Poverty Rate: 23.0% (11.8–34.2%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.0%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (8.2–22.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Church of God — 0 mi away
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Okeechobee Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
ONE Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
Church of Our Saviour — 0.3 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
Iglesia Nueva Ancla — 0.3 mi away
Calvary Chapel Okeechobee — 0.4 mi away
Oasis De Amor-IASD Okeechobee Fl — 0.5 mi away
Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church of Okeechobee — 0.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

First Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
Victory Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
Freedom Baptist Church — 1 mi away
New Testament Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
Oakview Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away

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