First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 414 Pecan Avenue in Philadelphia, MS 39350. It is one of 100 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.

As a church unified by Jesus Christ, we seek to glorify God through growing in Christ, both individually and together; going out into our community, nation, and world to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ; and giving sacrificially in order to see the Gospel spread to the ends of the earth.

Serving since 1850

414 Pecan Avenue, Philadelphia, MS, 39350

Service times

Sundays:Sunday School 9:45 a.m (as listed)

Phone: (601) 656-5015 · Website: https://www.fbcphilly.com/

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.

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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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