First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Chapel Hill, NC 27516. It is one of 96 churches in Chapel Hill, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.

Chapel Hill, NC, 27516

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,587 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 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

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 69.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 49.0%
  • Unemployment: 13.2% (2.8–23.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.6%
  • Depression: 31.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.0% (17.2–30.1%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%

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

Chapel Hill town is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 1,855 residents.

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