First Baptist Church of Wauchula
First Baptist Church of Wauchula is a Baptist church at 1570 W Main St in Wauchula, FL 33873. It is one of 28 churches in Wauchula, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1876
1570 W Main St, Wauchula, FL, 33873Phone: (863) 773-4182 · Website: http://fbcwauchula.org/
First Baptist Church of Wauchula is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,718 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Florida — 71,352 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 Wauchula
- The Rock (Youth)
- Awana
- The Backyard (Children)
- The Nest (Preschool)
- Senior Adults
- GriefShare
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The community around First Baptist Church of Wauchula
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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.
- Poverty Rate: 38.3% (27.0–49.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.3%
- Obesity: 43.1%
- Diabetes: 17.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.2% (10.9–23.5%)
- Unemployment: 6.4% (1.2–13.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Wauchula city is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 575 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Wauchula
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Heartland Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away
- Maranatha Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- St Ann's Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
- Southside Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Firt United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
- My New Life in Christ — 1.2 mi away
- Faith Presbyterian Church — 1.2 mi away
- Faith Temple Church of God — 1.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Maranatha Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Southside Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Riverview Heights Mbc — 2.2 mi away
- First Missionary Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away