First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church in Milledgeville, GA 31061. It is one of 103 churches in Milledgeville.

Milledgeville, GA, 31061

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 5,867 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Georgia — 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 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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

Child Poverty: 59.5%
Poverty Rate: 51.3%
Social Isolation: 44.3%
Food Insecurity: 40.1%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
Transportation Barriers: 23.1%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.6%
Obesity: 43.0%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.5%
Diabetes: 16.6%
Unemployment: 11.2% (1.7–21.1%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
Depression: 25.2%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.4% (8.5–20.2%)

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

Milledgeville city is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 241 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Flagg Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
The Bridge United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
Saint Stephens Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
Church Central — 0.3 mi away
Oasis Praise & Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
New Covenant Community Outreach Ministry — 0.5 mi away
Greenpasture Church — 0.6 mi away
Trinity CME Church — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Flagg Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Church Central — 0.3 mi away
Green Pasture Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Mitchell Zion Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Gordon, GA
El Bethel Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

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