What time are services at First Southern Baptist Church?

First Southern Baptist Church meets Sunday at 9:30am (School); Sunday at 10:30am (Morning); Wednesday at 6pm (Eve). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Southern Baptist Church?

First Southern Baptist Church in Portage, IN is a Baptist church. It is one of 4 Baptist congregations in Portage.

First Southern Baptist Church

First Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Portage, IN 46368. It is one of 39 churches in Portage, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.

Portage, IN, 46368

Service times

Sunday 9:30am · School
Sunday 10:30am · Morning
Wednesday 6pm · Eve

Shares a ministry location with Grace Baptist Church.

First Southern Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,270 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 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.

Find First Southern Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around First Southern 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 2,100 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: 42.9%
Social Isolation: 34.0%
Depression: 25.1%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
Food Insecurity: 18.8%
Diabetes: 14.0%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%
Unemployment: 6.6% (1.5–11.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Portage city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 2,542 residents.

Churches near First Southern Baptist Church

Grace Baptist Church — 0 mi away
New Life Church of God — 0.1 mi away
Portage Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
Church of God of Prophecy — 0.3 mi away
LifePoint Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Living Victorious! COGOP — 0.3 mi away
The Church of Jesus Christ — 0.4 mi away
United Pentecostal Church — 0.5 mi away
Nativity of Our Saviour Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
Portage Bible Church — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

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First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Hobart, IN

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