First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 8250 Northwest 62nd Avenue in Johnston, IA 50131. It is one of 15 churches in Johnston, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
8250 Northwest 62nd Avenue, Johnston, IA, 50131Shares a ministry location with First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines.
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 596 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Iowa — 71,418 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 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 30.2%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Johnston city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 1,511 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines — 0 mi away
- Johnston River of Life — 0.6 mi away
- Lutheran Church of Hope - Johnston — 1 mi away
- NorthPoint Church — 1.2 mi away
- Eternity Church — 1.2 mi away
- Walnut Creek Community Church - Johnston — 1.3 mi away
- Cornerstone Community Church — 1.3 mi away
- Summitcreek Church — 1.3 mi away
- The Bridge — 1.3 mi away
- Johnston River Of Life United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Urbandale Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Urbandale, IA
- Maranatha Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Grimes, IA
- Olivet Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Urbandale, IA
- Chin Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Des Moines, IA
- Baptist Convention of Iowa Church — 3.8 mi away in Urbandale, IA