First Baptist Church of Lamar

First Baptist Church of Lamar is a Baptist church at 1301 East 6th Street in Lamar, MO 64759. It is one of 25 churches in Lamar, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

The purpose of First Baptist Church, Lamar through the leadership of the Holy Spirit is to reach upward through worship, inward through discipleship, and outward through evangelism, as we seek to minister and fellowship with one another.

1301 East 6th Street, Lamar, MO, 64759

Service times

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8am

Phone: (417) 682-3538 · Website: https://www.fbclamar.org/

First Baptist Church of Lamar is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,664 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 71,352 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 of Lamar

  • Team Kids
  • Collision Youth
  • Men’s Ministry
  • Women’s Ministry
  • Sanctuary Choir
  • Praise Band
  • Adoration and Praise Handbell Choir
  • FBC’s & 123’s Christian School
  • FBC’s & 123’s Kindergarten
  • FBC’s & 123’s Hybrid Elementary

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The community around First Baptist Church of Lamar

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 31.9% (21.7–42.2%)
  • Obesity: 42.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 20.4%
  • Diabetes: 15.9%
  • Social Isolation: 31.1%
  • Depression: 26.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Lamar city is served by 3 churches — about one congregation for every 1,601 residents.

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