First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Pontotoc, MS 38863. It is one of 73 churches in Pontotoc, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our Mission: To Grow The Kingdom of God Wide and Deep
Pontotoc, MS, 38863Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am
- Friday 8:30am
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 — 71,417 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 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter 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: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
- Food Insecurity: 20.6%
- Obesity: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (7.5–15.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Pontotoc city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 573 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Crossroads Outreach Church — 0.1 mi away
- Transforming Lives Ministries — 0.1 mi away in Tupelo, MS
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pontotoc Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Community Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pontotoc Second Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- McDonald United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Good Shepherd Church of God — 0.8 mi away
- Church of Christ — 1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pontotoc Second Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- East Pontotoc Missionary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Victory Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
- Green Valley Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
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