First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waveland, MS 39576. It is one of 15 churches in Waveland, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.

Waveland, MS, 39576

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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 40.8%
  • Social Isolation: 33.7%
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 20.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Waveland city is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 901 residents.

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