Where is First Baptist Church in Dorchester located?

First Baptist Church in Dorchester is at 401 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, 02124.

What denomination is First Baptist Church in Dorchester?

First Baptist Church in Dorchester in Dorchester, MA is a Baptist church. It is one of 2 Baptist congregations in Dorchester.

First Baptist Church in Dorchester

First Baptist Church in Dorchester is a Baptist church at 401 Ashmont Street in Dorchester, MA 02124. It is one of 26 churches in Dorchester, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

We are the First Baptist Church in Dorchester, located on the corner of Ashmont and Adams Streets in Dorchester, Massachusetts. We are a multicultural American Baptist congregation, providing weekly Sunday morning services and Tuesday evening Bible study classes. If you are looking for a church home or simply want to stop by for a visit, we hope that you find our church a warm and welcoming faith community.

401 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, 02124

Service times

Sundays at 10:30am; Tuesday evenings at 6:30pm; Friday, April 18 | 6:30 PM (as listed)

Phone: (617) 282-1391 · Website: http://www.fbcDorchester.com/

First Baptist Church in Dorchester is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 468 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Massachusetts — 71,417 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.

Ministries at First Baptist Church in Dorchester

Deacon's Fund
Local Food Pantries
Boston Project Ministries
Tech Goes Home
Culinary Arts Job Training

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The community around First Baptist Church in Dorchester

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,500 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.

Social Isolation: 38.2%
Depression: 23.0%
Food Insecurity: 15.7%
Unemployment: 6.2% (2.1–10.3%)

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

Boston city is served by 162 churches — about one congregation for every 4,110 residents.

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