First African Baptist Church
First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 23 Montgomery Street, Savannah, GA, 31401 in Savannah, GA 31408. It is one of 461 churches in Savannah, and one of 125 Baptist congregations in the city.
23 Montgomery Street, Savannah, GA, 31401, Savannah, GA, 31408Service times
- Sunday 9am · School
Phone: (912) 233-6597 · Website: https://firstafricanbc.com/
First African 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 — 71,419 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 African Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 43.0%
- Food Insecurity: 34.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 27.5% (19.5–35.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 26.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.6%
- Diabetes: 17.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
- Unemployment: 9.9% (3.4–16.5%)
- Obesity: 39.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Savannah city is served by 217 churches — about one congregation for every 727 residents.
Churches near First African Baptist Church
- Word First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Little Bryan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Jerusalem Church — 0.2 mi away
- Taylor African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Greater New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Brampton Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- True Born Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Mt Bethel Holiness Church — 0.6 mi away
- United House of Prayer For All People — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Little Bryan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethany Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away