First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2394 Gresham Rd SE in Atlanta, GA 30316-3700. It is one of 940 churches in Atlanta, and one of 156 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to model the life and love of Jesus Christ by • Evangelizing and making disciples • Educating and equipping our community through Biblical principles • Empowering Christians to serve.
Serving since 1888
2394 Gresham Rd SE, Atlanta, GA, 30316-3700Service times
- Sunday 11am
Phone: (404) 243-9288 · Website: https://firstbaptistchurcheastpoint.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 5,847 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Georgia — 71,420 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
- Youth Ministry
- Youth Puppet Ministry
- Young Adult Ministry
- Seasoned Adult Ministry
- Music Ministry
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Latest from First Baptist Church East Point Media's YouTube channel: FBCEP Deacon Ordination Service 09.13.2026 (all videos).
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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Social Isolation: 41.6%
- Food Insecurity: 27.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Obesity: 37.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
- Poverty Rate: 16.2% (6.9–25.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (6.4–18.0%)
- Unemployment: 6.8% (1.9–11.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Flat Shoals United Methodist — 0.1 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Second Avenue Church — 0.3 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Kingdom Fellowship Christian Church — 0.3 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Greater White Rock Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Faith Deliverance Temple — 0.7 mi away
- Hope Evangelistic Ministries, Inc. Bishop Larry Norwood, Sr. — 0.9 mi away
- Mount Gerizim Church of God — 0.9 mi away
- Crown of Glory Church International — 0.9 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Gresham Park Christian Church — 1 mi away in Decatur, GA
- St Timothy's Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away in Decatur, GA
More Baptist churches nearby
- Crown of Glory Church International — 0.9 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Bethel Free Will Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Mount Welcome Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Decatur, GA
- Young Street Community Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- New Beginnings Baptist Church of East Atlanta — 1.5 mi away