What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Oxford, MS is a Baptist church. It is one of 11 Baptist congregations in Oxford.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Oxford, MS 38655. It is one of 98 churches in Oxford, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

Oxford, MS, 38655

Website: http://www.gotofirst.org/

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.

Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.

Poverty Rate: 35.1% (24.1–46.1%)
Social Isolation: 39.6%
Food Insecurity: 20.8% (15.7–26.5%)
Depression: 23.6%
Transportation Barriers: 13.6%

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

Oxford city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 969 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Saint Peters Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Oxford-University United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
UKirk Ole Miss — 0.1 mi away
Second Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Ole Miss BSU — 0.2 mi away
Saint John Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
Oxford First UMC — 0.5 mi away
Saint Andrews United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Second Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Ole Miss BSU — 0.2 mi away
Grace Bible Church — 0.6 mi away
Grace Bible Church of Oxford — 0.8 mi away
North Oxford Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away

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