First Baptist Church-West
First Baptist Church-West is a Baptist church at 1801 Oaklawn Avenue in Charlotte, NC 28216. It is one of 974 churches in Charlotte, and one of 59 Baptist congregations in the city.
FBC-West is located five minutes west of Uptown Charlotte off Beatties Ford Road near the intersection of I-77 and I-85.
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1801 Oaklawn Avenue, Charlotte, NC, 28216Service times
- Tuesday 8:15am
- Tuesday 7:15pm
Phone: (704) 372-3742 · Website: http://www.fbcwest.org/
First Baptist Church-West 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church-West
- Afterschool/Summer Institute
- Children & Youth
- Marriage Ministry
- Golden Age Club
- Health & Wellness
- Sunday School
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The community around First Baptist Church-West
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.
- Food Insecurity: 28.4%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
- Diabetes: 16.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (10.4–21.5%)
- Obesity: 38.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
- Poverty Rate: 17.2% (9.0–25.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Charlotte city is served by 363 churches — about one congregation for every 2,418 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church-West
- United House of Prayer — 0.4 mi away
- Bethany Church — 0.4 mi away
- Glorious Full Gospel Tabernacle — 0.4 mi away
- Greater Gethsemane AME Zion Church — 0.4 mi away
- Beauty for Ashes Ministry of Charlotte — 0.4 mi away
- Berean SDA Children's Ministry — 0.5 mi away
- True Holiness of Jesus Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Community Outreach Christian — 0.6 mi away
- Bethlehem Center of Charlotte — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New St. John Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Mayfield Memorial Baptist — 0.8 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Friendship Primitive Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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