First Baptist Church of Vero Beach
First Baptist Church of Vero Beach is a Baptist church at 2206 16th Avenue in Vero Beach, FL 32960. It is one of 120 churches in Vero Beach, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to worship God and to share the Good News of Jesus Christ through word and action with our local community and around the world.
The people of First Baptist Church strive to join God at work in the downtown district and beyond, hosting a variety of ministries–from sports opportunities every week for at-risk youth to housing one of the largest food banks in Vero Beach.
Serving since 1915
2206 16th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL, 32960Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am
Phone: +1-772-567-4341 · Website: http://www.fbcvero.org/
First Baptist Church of Vero Beach 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 of Vero Beach
- Food Bank
- Sports Opportunities for Youth
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The community around First Baptist Church of Vero Beach
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,200 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
- Diabetes: 13.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (7.1–19.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Vero Beach city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 923 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Vero Beach
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Community Church of Vero Beach — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Helen Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- GraceSpring — 0.4 mi away
- First covenant church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Santa Elena Hispanos — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary Chapel Vero Beach — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Antioch Primitive Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Glendale Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
- Community Missionary Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
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