Where is First Baptist located?

First Baptist is at 1601 South A Street, Richmond, IN, 47374.

What time are services at First Baptist?

First Baptist meets Sunday at 10:30am (School); Sunday at 10:30am (School Life Groups Children's classes meet following service); Sunday at 9am (Worship Service). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist?

First Baptist in Richmond, IN is a Baptist church. It is one of 2 Baptist congregations in Richmond.

First Baptist

First Baptist is a Baptist church at 1601 South A Street in Richmond, IN 47374. It is one of 79 churches in Richmond, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

The purpose of our body of believers is to GATHER and connect regularly with our local community, to HONOR God in deeds and in actions by reaching out to families of all ages, to FOLLOW Christ by fulfilling the Great Commission of making disciples....

We are a gospel-centered body of believers who believe deeply in the centrality of God's Word.

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1601 South A Street, Richmond, IN, 47374

Service times

Sunday 10:30am · School
Sunday 10:30am · School Life Groups Children's classes meet following service
Sunday 9am · Worship Service

Phone: (765) 962-3074 · Website: https://firstbaptistrichmond.org/

First Baptist is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 71,874 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, Richmond IN's YouTube channel: "Eyes to See" (Mark 8:22-30) (all videos).

The community around First Baptist

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

Poverty Rate: 33.9% (23.0–44.9%)
Obesity: 42.1%
Social Isolation: 34.7%
Depression: 29.1%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
Food Insecurity: 25.0%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.2% (8.3–26.1%)
Diabetes: 15.4%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
Housing Insecurity: 17.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Richmond city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 1,742 residents.

Churches near First Baptist

Surety Community Church — 0.1 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church — 0.1 mi away
St. Paul's Lutheran church — 0.1 mi away
Central United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
The Roc — 0.5 mi away
Rock Solid Ministries — 0.5 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
Richmond New Life — 0.5 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Second Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Mt Olive Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
Ravina Park Baptist Church — 1 mi away
Mt Moriah Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
Gospel Avenue Bible Church — 1.4 mi away

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