First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Council Bluffs, IA 51503. It is one of 119 churches in Council Bluffs, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
Council Bluffs, IA, 51503Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · School
- Sunday 10:30am · Worship
- Sunday 9:30am · Schools
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 601 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Iowa — 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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Latest from First Baptist Church Council Bluffs's YouTube channel: "Prayerfully Clear, Wisely Salty" - Colossians 4:2-6 (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.6%
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
- Poverty Rate: 25.1% (13.7–36.4%)
- Diabetes: 16.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Depression: 24.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Council Bluffs city is served by 72 churches — about one congregation for every 791 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Refuge Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Remnant Fellowship of Iowa — 0.2 mi away
- The House of Prayer CB — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Peters Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Ridgecrest Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Prospect Park Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Open Door Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
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