First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waynesboro, MS 39367. It is one of 23 churches in Waynesboro, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Waynesboro, MS, 39367First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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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. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 48.9%
- Child Poverty: 45.2% (27.3–63.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 37.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 34.8% (22.7–46.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.3%
- Poverty Rate: 33.1% (20.9–45.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
- Diabetes: 21.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Unemployment: 10.7% (0.0–21.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Waynesboro city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 422 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Waynesboro Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Bernadette Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Waynesboro First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Luke Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Abundant Life Church — 0.6 mi away
- New West Point — 0.6 mi away
- Southern Methodist Church of Waynesboro — 0.8 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away