First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in West Union, IA 52175. It is one of 14 churches in West Union.
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At EFBC we are committed to biblical teaching, serving Jesus and his church, and making the beautiful person and work of Christ known in our community and beyond.
West Union, IA, 52175Service times
- Sunday 10:15am
- Sunday 9am · School
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 — 71,420 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
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 39.0%
- Social Isolation: 31.0%
- Child Poverty: 22.0% (7.1–36.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.8%
- Diabetes: 13.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
West Union city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 263 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Bethel United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Name Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Victory Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redeemer Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Mission — 0.5 mi away
- Bethany Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Valleyview Wesleyan Church — 0.8 mi away
- Faith Bible Fellowship — 1.2 mi away
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- Calvary Baptist Church — 17.5 mi away in Volga, IA
- Hillcrest Baptist Church — 19.5 mi away in Fredericksburg, IA