First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Bedford, IN 47421. It is one of 65 churches in Bedford, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
we are a friendly, welcoming church, with a mix of ages, and worship styles. we keep Jesus at the center of all we do.
Bedford, IN, 47421Service times
Sunday Worship at:8:15 am (as listed)
Website: http://firstbaptistbedford.net/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 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 of Bedford, Indiana's YouTube channel: Sunday Morning Service - July 26, 2026 10:30am (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 42.6%
- Social Isolation: 33.0%
- Depression: 25.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
- Poverty Rate: 16.1% (9.2–22.9%)
- Diabetes: 14.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bedford city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 683 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Momentum Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bedford First Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away
- Bedford Baptist Temple — 0.5 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- St John's Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.5 mi away
- St Vincent DePaul Parish — 0.5 mi away
- Landmark Missionary Baptist — 0.5 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bedford Baptist Temple — 0.5 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Englewood Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- River's Edge Fellowship Church — 1.6 mi away
- Oolitic Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Oolitic, IN