First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 620 S. 8th Ave., IA, 50208 in Newton, IA 50208. It is one of 45 churches in Newton, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
To Honor God by leading people in Newton, Jasper County and beyond to become loving, joyful, fully-functioning followers of Jesus Christ
Welcome to First Baptist Church! If you’re looking for a church where you can experience belonging, where God’s love is changing people and you can grow and make a difference, you’ve come to the right place.
620 S. 8th Ave., IA, 50208, Newton, IA, 50208Service times
Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m (as listed)
Phone: (641) 792-7113 · Website: https://newtonfirstbaptist.com/
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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Watch
Latest from First Baptist Church Newton, IA's YouTube channel: FBC Newton Worship Service, September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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: 40.6%
- Child Poverty: 39.7% (27.4–52.1%)
- Social Isolation: 31.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.9%
- Food Insecurity: 16.6%
- Diabetes: 14.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (8.1–18.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Newton city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 473 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Christian Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Creation Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cornerstone Bible Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- First Southern Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Haven Vineyard Church — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- United Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Southern Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Newton Baptist Temple — 0.8 mi away
- New Life Baptist Church — 10.3 mi away in Colfax, IA
- First Baptist Church — 10.4 mi away in Colfax, IA