First Freewill Baptist Church

First Freewill Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Columbus, MS 39701. It is one of 126 churches in Columbus, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.

Columbus, MS, 39701

Shares a ministry location with St Paul Baptist Church.

First Freewill Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Freewill Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 72.3%
  • Obesity: 45.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 40.3%
  • Social Isolation: 40.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 38.3% (27.1–49.6%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Diabetes: 21.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (7.1–20.1%)
  • Unemployment: 8.0% (2.7–13.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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

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