First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1907 North Peach Street in Higginsville, MO 64037. It is one of 14 churches in Higginsville, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
To glorify God by reaching the unchurched and developing growing, committed Christians united in Christ and equipped for ministry in the church and world!
First Baptist Church is a loving and caring family where support and encouragement are found to face the demands of life. We are people just like you who know what it is like to experience joy, sorrow, success, and disappointment. We come from different backgrounds, but are joined together by a common commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We are committed to fulfilling the purposes God has for our church. We want to grow higher through worship, deeper through discipleship, closer through fellowship, broader through ministry, and larger through evangelism.
1907 North Peach Street, Higginsville, MO, 64037First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 71,418 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
- Children's Ministries
- Youth Ministries
- Women's Ministries
- Music Ministries
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (8.9–23.5%)
- Social Isolation: 30.0%
- Depression: 23.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- St Paul Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bridge To Hope Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Salem United Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- St. Mary's Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Faith Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away
- Lexington Restoration Branch — 10.4 mi away in Lexington, MO
- Greenton Baptist Church — 12.9 mi away in Odessa, MO
- First Baptist Church — 13.8 mi away in Odessa, MO
- First Baptist Church of Wellington — 14.3 mi away in Wellington, MO
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