First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Sarasota, FL 34236. It is one of 219 churches in Sarasota, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
Sarasota, FL, 34236Website: http://firstsarasotaonline.org/contact
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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,300 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (8.9–17.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Sarasota city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 2,635 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Martha’s Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- 12 Springs Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Redeemer Episcopal — 0.4 mi away
- Tabernaculo Evangelico Asssembleia de Deus de Sarasota — 0.5 mi away
- 180 Life Church — 0.5 mi away
- Harbour Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Sarasota — 0.6 mi away
- Unity Church of Sarasota — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios en Victoria — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- New Bethel Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Sarasota Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away