First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Independence, MO 64050. It is one of 164 churches in Independence, and one of 22 Baptist congregations in the city.
Independence, MO, 64050Phone: (913) 371-6624
Shares a ministry location with One Way Ministries Church.
First 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 — 71,417 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.
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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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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: 40.6%
- Social Isolation: 32.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
- Depression: 28.0%
- Food Insecurity: 22.9%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
- Unemployment: 10.4% (2.4–18.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 18.4% (10.9–25.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (6.4–17.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Independence city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,768 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- One Way Ministries Church — 0 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ Zion's Branch — 0.2 mi away
- Community of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Church — 1.3 mi away
- Summit Point Church — 1.4 mi away
- Maywood Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- The Church at Three Trails — 2.1 mi away
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