First Baptist Church of Esctawpa

First Baptist Church of Esctawpa is a Baptist church in Moss Point, MS 39563. It is one of 117 churches in Moss Point, and one of 25 Baptist congregations in the city.

Moss Point, MS, 39563

First Baptist Church of Esctawpa 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.

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The community around First Baptist Church of Esctawpa

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Diabetes: 18.6%
  • Unemployment: 12.1% (3.5–20.8%)
  • Obesity: 43.6%
  • Social Isolation: 36.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (9.7–22.4%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%

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

Moss Point city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 276 residents.

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