First Baptist Church of Springfield
First Baptist Church of Springfield is a Southern Baptist church at 525 South Ave. in Springfield, MO 65806. It is one of 336 churches in Springfield.
We aim to inspire spiritual growth, share the gospel of Jesus Christ, and engage in meaningful outreach to positively impact our local community.
525 South Ave., Springfield, MO, 65806Service times
Monday at 12 p.m (as listed)
Phone: (417) 862-4925 · Website: https://www.fbcspringfield.com/
First Baptist Church of Springfield is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 71,420 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 Springfield
- Family Meals
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The community around First Baptist Church of Springfield
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 98.8%
- Poverty Rate: 50.3%
- Food Insecurity: 29.0%
- Obesity: 40.6%
- Social Isolation: 38.0%
- Depression: 30.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.6% (12.4–26.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (2.0–11.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Springfield city is served by 134 churches — about one congregation for every 1,238 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Springfield
- South Street Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Assembly Of God — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Agnes Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Downtown Church — 0.3 mi away
- South Side Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Campus House — 0.5 mi away
- South Campbell Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Gathering — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- South Side Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- South Campbell Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Grant Avenue Free Will Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- University Heights Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
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