First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Jackson, MS 39272. It is one of 479 churches in Jackson, and one of 104 Baptist congregations in the city.

Jackson, MS, 39272

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

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 41.0%
  • Social Isolation: 37.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Jackson city is served by 237 churches — about one congregation for every 627 residents.

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