First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Lake, MS 39092. It is one of 19 churches in Lake, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
Lake, MS, 39092First 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Worship Ministry
- Women’s Ministry
- Prayer Ministry
- Missions Ministry
- Men’s Ministry
- Children's Ministry
- Discipleship Ministry
- Senior Adult Ministry
- Outdoor Ministry
- Student Ministry
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The community around First Baptist Church
It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Food Insecurity: 26.1%
- Obesity: 41.9%
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (11.3–26.5%)
- Diabetes: 16.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
- Child Poverty: 29.4% (13.7–45.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 21.8% (11.6–31.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Lake United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Lake Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Lake Church — 1.7 mi away
- Pine Ridge Church — 1.8 mi away in Decatur, MS
- Sand Ridge Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
- Goodhope Church — 3 mi away
- Sharon Church — 3.1 mi away
- Hazel Church — 3.1 mi away
- Pine Ridge Church — 3.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Sand Ridge Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
- Hazel Church — 3.1 mi away
- White Stone Missionary Baptist — 6.3 mi away in Lawrence, MS
- Conehatta Missionary Baptist Church — 7.8 mi away
- Cedar Grove Church — 8.1 mi away in Newton, MS