First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Philadelphia, MS 39350. It is one of 100 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

Philadelphia, MS, 39350

Website: https://www.fbcphilly.com/

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.

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The community around First 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 47.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 33.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.3% (21.2–45.3%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
  • Diabetes: 20.4%
  • Social Isolation: 38.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
  • Unemployment: 9.4% (2.8–16.2%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (6.1–16.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Philadelphia city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 451 residents.

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