First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church in Palatka, FL 32177. It is one of 101 churches in Palatka.
Palatka, FL, 32177Website: http://www.firstpalatka.com/
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 4 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults live with diabetes. 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: 41.8%
- Poverty Rate: 40.2% (26.9–53.6%)
- Diabetes: 24.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.4%
- Obesity: 42.8%
- Child Poverty: 32.8% (17.2–48.3%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.3% (9.7–24.9%)
- Unemployment: 6.7% (0.1–14.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Palatka city is served by 47 churches — about one congregation for every 79 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Monica Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- All Souls Unitarian Universalist of Putnam — 0.1 mi away
- River City Church — 0.2 mi away
- FPC Westminster Hall — 0.2 mi away
- Saint James United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Branch Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Marys Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Liberty Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary Church — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away