First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church in Port Gibson, MS 39150. It is one of 32 churches in Port Gibson.

Port Gibson, MS, 39150

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

It takes 4.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

Obesity: 48.8%
Social Isolation: 40.6%
Food Insecurity: 36.5%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
Diabetes: 20.8%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
Unemployment: 13.7% (1.0–26.7%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
Poverty Rate: 28.2% (16.7–39.8%)
Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.6% (10.5–22.6%)

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

Port Gibson city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 92 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Christian Chapel Church — 0 mi away
Port Gibson Baptist Church — 0 mi away
Saint Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
First Baptist Church of Port Gibson — 0.2 mi away
Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
Port Gibson Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Rising Sun Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Port Gibson Baptist Church — 0 mi away
First Baptist Church of Port Gibson — 0.2 mi away
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Rising Sun Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away

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