First African Baptist Church
First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 23 Montgomery Street, Savannah, GA, 31401 in Savannah, GA 31404. 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, 31404Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 1pm
Phone: (912) 233-6597
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 — 71,417 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 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 2,300 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: 40.1%
- Food Insecurity: 26.2%
- Child Poverty: 31.7% (15.1–48.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (9.3–20.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
- Obesity: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.2%
- Poverty Rate: 21.9% (12.9–30.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
- Unemployment: 8.0% (2.8–13.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Savannah city is served by 217 churches — about one congregation for every 727 residents.
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- St Mary's Ame Church — 0.2 mi away
- East Savannah Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Bible Way Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bread of Life Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Louisiana Avenue Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- New Beginning Community Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Riverside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Soaring Eagles Prophetic Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Morningside Baptist Church Inc — 0.6 mi away
- Christ's Community Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
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- New Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Corinthian Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
- New Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away