First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Elkin, NC 28621. It is one of 38 churches in Elkin, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1986
Elkin, NC, 28621First 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Fellowship Garden
- Feed the Elderly Meal Delivery
- Baptist Men
- Missions Hearts and Hands
- Labyrinth
- Paper Recycling
- Blessings in a Backpack
- Meal Trains
- Food Donations to Tri-C
- School Supplies
- Medicine for Baptist Retirement Homes
- Van Ministry
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 39.1%
- Social Isolation: 31.4%
- Depression: 25.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
- Poverty Rate: 19.3% (10.6–27.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.0% (7.3–22.7%)
- Diabetes: 13.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Elkin town is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 986 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Trinity Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- East Elkin Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Galloway Memorial Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Jonesville — 0.6 mi away in Jonesville, NC
- New Beginnings UMC of Jonesville — 0.7 mi away in Jonesville, NC
- First United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.7 mi away in Jonesville, NC
- Elkin Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- St Stephen Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Jonesville Church of God — 0.8 mi away in Jonesville, NC
More Baptist churches nearby
- East Elkin Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Jonesville — 0.6 mi away in Jonesville, NC
- St Stephen Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Mineral Springs Baptist Church — 1 mi away in Jonesville, NC
- Mt Pleasant Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Jonesville, NC
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