First General Baptist Church
First General Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 409 Joe Jones Boulevard in West Plains, MO 65775. It is one of 59 churches in West Plains, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
409 Joe Jones Boulevard, West Plains, MO, 65775Phone: +1-417-256-4309
First General Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First General Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 36.0% (26.2–45.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.7%
- Food Insecurity: 25.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.6% (15.9–31.3%)
- Social Isolation: 33.5%
- Depression: 28.9%
- Diabetes: 16.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
- Obesity: 39.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
West Plains city is served by 23 churches — about one congregation for every 498 residents.
Churches near First General Baptist Church
- First Congregational Methodist — 0.4 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Free Will Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Journey Church Ozarks — 0.5 mi away
- Chruch of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - West Plains, MO — 0.8 mi away
- Rescue Church — 0.9 mi away
- Sixth Street Church of God — 0.9 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of West Plains — 0.9 mi away
- Genesis Church-Downtown Campus — 0.9 mi away