First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Columbia, MS 39429. It is one of 35 churches in Columbia, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
Columbia, MS, 39429First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Kids Ministry
- Student Ministry
- Adult Connect Groups
- D-Groups
- Missions
- Kindergarten
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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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 46.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
- Food Insecurity: 32.1%
- Diabetes: 19.1%
- Social Isolation: 37.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
- Poverty Rate: 24.6% (13.4–35.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
- Child Poverty: 22.0% (2.9–41.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (8.3–18.4%)
- Unemployment: 7.0% (0.8–13.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Columbia city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 484 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Columbia Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gathering — 0.2 mi away
- Damascus Road Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Church On Main — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Faith Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- True Vine Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Columbia Valley Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Owens Chapel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away