First Baptist Church of Glendale

First Baptist Church of Glendale is a Southern Baptist church at 2311 Glendale Avenue in Hattiesburg, MS 39401. It is one of 186 churches in Hattiesburg, and one of 9 Southern Baptist congregations in the city.

2311 Glendale Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401

Phone: +1-601-544-0414

First Baptist Church of Glendale 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 of Glendale

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, 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 the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 38.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.3% (23.2–43.5%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.0%
  • Obesity: 43.6%
  • Social Isolation: 39.3%
  • Child Poverty: 39.3% (22.5–56.5%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.5%
  • Diabetes: 17.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.6% (11.9–23.4%)
  • Unemployment: 8.4% (2.4–14.5%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%

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

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