First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church in Columbus, MS 39705. It is one of 182 churches in Columbus.

Columbus, MS, 39705

Service times

  • Sunday 9:30am

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,418 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

  • Evangelism
  • Educational Ministries
  • Social Ministries
  • Health Ministries

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 34.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 17.2%
  • Diabetes: 14.3%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Columbus city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 362 residents.

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