First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 120 E 9th St in Covington, KY 41011-3136. It is one of 68 churches in Covington, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.

First Baptist Church of Covington, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1988, has undergone some dramatic changes over the years.

Serving since 1955

120 E 9th St, Covington, KY, 41011-3136

Phone: +18595816553 · Website: https://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/ky.kenton.covington.fbc.reis.html

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,781 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Kentucky — 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 Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,400 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: 41.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.1% (16.1–34.2%)
  • Diabetes: 15.5%
  • Depression: 26.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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