First Southern Baptist Church
First Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Emporia, KS 66801. It is one of 63 churches in Emporia, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
Emporia, KS, 66801First Southern Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Kansas — 71,419 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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 34.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
- Food Insecurity: 23.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (11.5–27.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.3% (8.6–20.1%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Emporia city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 551 residents.
Churches near First Southern Baptist Church
- Grace Chapel Study — 0.2 mi away
- Hope Chapel of Emporia — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Assembly Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Four Square Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army Citadel — 0.3 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Centro Cristiano De Emporia — 0.7 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church South Building — 1.6 mi away