First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Lakeland, GA 31635. It is one of 11 churches in Lakeland, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

The mission of First Baptist Lakeland is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

FBC is a family of individuals that have found hope in Jesus, and simply want as many people as possible to experience that exact same freedom.

Lakeland, GA, 31635

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Baptist Church

It takes 3.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

  • Child Poverty: 45.3% (29.1–61.9%)
  • Poverty Rate: 30.4% (20.1–40.7%)
  • Food Insecurity: 25.9%
  • Obesity: 41.5%
  • Social Isolation: 38.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
  • Diabetes: 16.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.7% (8.8–20.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.7%

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

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