First African Baptist Church

First African Baptist Church is a church at 402 Tarber Street Ext in Screven, GA 31560. It is one of 3 churches in Screven.

To bring people to Christ and membership in this church, by providing ministries that foster Christian discipleship and improve service to the community and the world.

To bring glory to God and hope to the world, by equipping and empowering our members for excellence in Christian Ministry.

402 Tarber Street Ext, Screven, GA, 31560

Phone: (912) 579-2648 · Website: http://www.firstafricanbaptist.org/

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

It takes 5.6 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 nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 43.8% (29.0–58.5%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.8% (15.2–30.4%)
  • Obesity: 42.1%
  • Social Isolation: 36.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.9% (15.4–36.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.9%
  • Diabetes: 16.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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