First African Baptist Church
First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Columbus, GA 31901. It is one of 325 churches in Columbus, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.
Columbus, GA, 31901Website: http://firstafricancolumbus.com/
First African Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First African Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.6%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Food Insecurity: 36.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
- Poverty Rate: 31.3% (20.8–41.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
- Diabetes: 18.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.2% (10.2–28.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
- Unemployment: 7.9% (2.2–15.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 9 census tracts near this church.
Columbus city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 3,099 residents.
Churches near First African Baptist Church
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Ame Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Luke United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Holsey Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Luke Church — 0.3 mi away
- Edgewood Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Holy Family — 0.4 mi away
- The Abbey — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Columbus — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away