Petal First Baptist Church
Petal First Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church at 992 MS 42 in Petal, MS 39465. It is one of 47 churches in Petal, and one of 2 Southern Baptist congregations in the city.
992 MS 42, Petal, MS, 39465Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
Phone: (601) 545-3198 · Website: http://petalfbc.com/
Petal First 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 — 71,418 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.
Find Petal First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Petal First Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.4%
- Food Insecurity: 17.2%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Petal city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 483 residents.
Churches near Petal First Baptist Church
- East Pine Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Vernon Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- The Turning Pointe Church — 1.2 mi away
- Crestview Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Petal Spiritual Life Center — 1.5 mi away
- Summit Church — 1.7 mi away
- Asbury Church — 1.8 mi away
- Celebrate Recovery Abundant Faith Church Petal — 1.8 mi away
- Greens Creek Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mount Vernon Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Crestview Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Greens Creek Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- Rock Hill Baptist Church Mt. Olive, Miss. 39119 — 2 mi away in Mt Olive, MS