First Missionary Baptist Church

First Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Wauchula, FL 33873. It is one of 33 churches in Wauchula, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Wauchula, FL, 33873

First Missionary 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 Missionary Baptist Church

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. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 54.2% (40.2–68.1%)
  • Obesity: 45.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 31.9%
  • Diabetes: 19.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.4% (11.5–27.4%)
  • Child Poverty: 22.7% (8.2–37.2%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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