First Baptist Church of Salem
First Baptist Church of Salem is a Baptist church at 500 N. Washington St. in Salem, MO 65560. It is one of 40 churches in Salem, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1843
500 N. Washington St., Salem, MO, 65560Service times
- Sunday 10:15am
Phone: (573) 729-4126 · Website: http://www.firstbaptistsalem.org/
First Baptist Church of Salem 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.
Find First Baptist Church of Salem on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around First Baptist Church of Salem
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Obesity: 40.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
- Diabetes: 15.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (7.6–22.6%)
- Social Isolation: 29.8%
- Depression: 25.5%
- Food Insecurity: 17.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Salem city is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 1,257 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Salem
- Sacred Hearth Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Salem Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Salem Full Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fisher's of Men — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Salem United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
- Salem Church of Christ — 1 mi away
- Lighthouse Assembly — 1.1 mi away
- Salem Faith Assembly — 1.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- New Harmony Church — 5.3 mi away
- New Harmony Church — 7.5 mi away
- Concord Baptist Church — 13.8 mi away in Licking, MO
- Rock Springs Baptist Church — 14.3 mi away in Licking, MO