First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Quitman, MS 39355. It is one of 57 churches in Quitman, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

Part of Clarke County Baptist Association

Quitman, MS, 39355

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

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.3% (9.0–31.6%)
  • Diabetes: 18.2%
  • Social Isolation: 35.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.9%
  • Obesity: 38.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.6% (12.6–26.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Quitman city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 263 residents.

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