Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 149 William St, New Bedford, MA, 02740-6021.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church at 149 William St in New Bedford, MA 02740-6021. It is one of 75 churches in New Bedford.

149 William St, New Bedford, MA, 02740-6021

Phone: +15089926843 · Website: http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Tourism/DestinationNB/HousesofWorship.html

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Massachusetts — 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.

Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around First Baptist Church

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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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.

Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
Food Insecurity: 35.7%
Poverty Rate: 31.5% (22.0–41.0%)
Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
Diabetes: 18.2%
Obesity: 40.6%
Social Isolation: 37.1%
Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
Unemployment: 8.4% (1.3–15.8%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
Depression: 25.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Baptist Church

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Our Lady's Chapel — 0.1 mi away
First Unitarian Church — 0.1 mi away
Center Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
King of Kings — 0.2 mi away
Centro Cristiano Emanuel — 0.2 mi away
City of Joy Church — 0.2 mi away
Grace Harbor Church — 0.2 mi away
Haven Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Grace Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Union Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
St. John the Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
North Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
Open Door Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
New Life Christian Fellowship — 2 mi away in Fairhaven, MA

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