First Freewill Baptist Church

First Freewill Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Pearl, MS 39208. It is one of 61 churches in Pearl, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.

Pearl, MS, 39208

First Freewill Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,420 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 Freewill Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 37.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (8.4–22.3%)
  • Obesity: 39.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
  • Child Poverty: 23.3% (6.0–41.4%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
  • Diabetes: 13.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Pearl city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 880 residents.

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