Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 402 North Van Buren Street, Carthage, MS, 39051.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 8am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Carthage, MS is a Baptist church. It is one of 14 Baptist congregations in Carthage.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 402 North Van Buren Street in Carthage, MS 39051. It is one of 79 churches in Carthage, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our purpose is to glorify God and to help you do the same by making disciples who make disciples in our homes, communities, and the nations.

402 North Van Buren Street, Carthage, MS, 39051

Service times

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8am

Phone: (601) 267-4583 · Website: http://www.fbcarthage.org/

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.

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The community around First Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third 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.

Child Poverty: 59.1%
Obesity: 45.5%
Food Insecurity: 34.8%
Poverty Rate: 33.2% (24.6–41.8%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
Housing Insecurity: 25.7%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.4% (14.1–26.7%)
Social Isolation: 38.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.8%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
Diabetes: 17.3%
Unemployment: 8.9% (3.4–14.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Carthage city is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 946 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Carthage United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Carthage Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah's — 0.3 mi away
First Baptist Carthage — 0.4 mi away
First Baptist Church of Carthage,MS — 0.6 mi away
Saint Anne Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
Trinity Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
West Carthage Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
Galilee Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
First Apostolic Church — 1.3 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

First Baptist Carthage — 0.4 mi away
Trinity Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
West Carthage Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
Galilee Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
Freeny Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away

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