First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 301 East Highland Avenue in Nevada, MO 64772. It is one of 33 churches in Nevada, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.

301 East Highland Avenue, Nevada, MO, 64772

Phone: +1 417 667 6036 · Website: https://www.fbcnevada.org/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,662 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 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.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 32.4%
  • Depression: 27.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
  • Obesity: 36.9%
  • Child Poverty: 25.8% (10.3–41.3%)
  • Poverty Rate: 20.5% (13.6–27.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 16.8%
  • Diabetes: 13.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Nevada city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 646 residents.

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