First Southern Baptist Church

First Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 8127 Ella Avenue in Kansas City, KS 66112. It is one of 325 churches in Kansas City, and one of 39 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our Church began in 1953, and we have continued to reach people with the Gospel ever since.

Serving since 1953

8127 Ella Avenue, Kansas City, KS, 66112

Service times

  • Wednesday 6pm
  • Sunday 10:45am
  • Sunday 6pm

Website: http://fsbckck.org/

First Southern Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 677 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Kansas — 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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The community around First Southern Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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: 32.7% (19.4–46.0%)
  • Obesity: 42.4%
  • Social Isolation: 32.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.3%
  • Diabetes: 15.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%

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

Kansas City city is served by 142 churches — about one congregation for every 1,094 residents.

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