Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 198 West Central Ave, Winter Haven, FL, 33880.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Winter Haven, FL is a Southern Baptist church. It is one of 2 Southern Baptist congregations in Winter Haven.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church at 198 West Central Ave in Winter Haven, FL 33880. It is one of 132 churches in Winter Haven, and one of 2 Southern Baptist congregations in the city.

198 West Central Ave, Winter Haven, FL, 33880

Phone: (863) 294-4133 · Website: https://www.firstwinterhaven.org/

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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 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.

Obesity: 43.3%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.7%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.3% (7.9–28.7%)
Diabetes: 17.4%
Poverty Rate: 20.7% (11.8–29.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Winter Haven city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 4,563 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Palace of prayer — 0.1 mi away
Heartland Church — 0.2 mi away
Central Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
Saint Marys Anglican Church — 0.3 mi away
First Church Of Christ, Scientist — 0.3 mi away
Righteous Cause — 0.3 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
First Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
Grace Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
Bridge Church — 0.4 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Southside Baptist Church — 1 mi away
First Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
Redeemer Winter Haven — 1.4 mi away
Inman Park Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away

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