First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Brookhaven, MS 39601. It is one of 94 churches in Brookhaven, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.

Brookhaven, MS, 39601

Service times

  • Wednesday 6:30pm
  • Sunday 9am · mornings

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 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.

Ministries at First Baptist Church

  • Helping Hands Ministry
  • Ladies Ministry
  • Media Ministry
  • Missions
  • Wee Care
  • Kid's Ministry Events
  • Rock Solid Student Ministry
  • Worship Preparation & Choir Rehearsal

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 47.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.8%
  • Diabetes: 21.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.2%
  • Social Isolation: 38.3%
  • Child Poverty: 33.7% (16.8–50.7%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.3% (16.2–40.5%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.6% (12.0–27.2%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

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

Brookhaven city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 367 residents.

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