First Free Will Baptist

First Free Will Baptist is a church at 2316 Union Rd in Gastonia, NC 28054. It is one of 209 churches in Gastonia.

2316 Union Rd, Gastonia, NC, 28054

Phone: (704) 867-5745 · Website: http://www.firstchurchgastonia.com

First Free Will Baptist 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 Free Will Baptist

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 33.5%
  • Depression: 24.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 16.4%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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