First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 602 South Hickory Street, Mt. Vernon, MO, 65712 in Mount Vernon, MO 65712. It is one of 3 churches in Mount Vernon.
OUR PURPOSE: Why We Exist as a Church – “We believe a great commitment to the great COMMANDMENT and the great COMMISSION will grow a great church!”
602 South Hickory Street, Mt. Vernon, MO, 65712, Mount Vernon, MO, 65712Service times
- Wednesday 7:30pm
Phone: (417) 466-3735 · Website: http://www.firstbaptistmv.com/
First Baptist Church 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
- Adult Bible Fellowship
- Student Ministry
- Children’s Ministry
- Sunday School
- Worship Arts
- Discovery Membership 101
- Mission Efforts
- Children's Ministry
- AWANA
- Nursery
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Social Isolation: 31.8%
- Depression: 25.9%
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (10.7–27.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 17.1%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (7.0–20.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Mount Vernon city is served by 2 churches — about one congregation for every 2,198 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Apostolic New Testament Church — 0.2 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Church In Action — 0.3 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Christ Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Mt. Vernon Free Methodist — 0.5 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- St Susanne Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Church In Action — 0.7 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- King's Way Christian Church — 0.8 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Kingsway Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt. Vernon Free Methodist — 0.5 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Covenant Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Northside Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Baptist Hill Assembly — 3.7 mi away in Mt Vernon, MO
- Miller First Baptist Church — 7.9 mi away in Miller, MO
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