First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Kinston, NC 28504. It is one of 102 churches in Kinston, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

First Baptist Church is a community of people who gather together to worship God and live out the Great Commandment here in Kinston and throughout the world.

Serving since 2016

Kinston, NC, 28504

Service times

  • Sunday 9:30am · School Worship Service
  • Sunday 10:30am · School Worship Service

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,572 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,352 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

  • Children's ministry
  • Small groups

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 26.7%
  • Diabetes: 19.3%
  • Unemployment: 12.6% (4.8–20.5%)
  • Obesity: 42.5%
  • Social Isolation: 34.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
  • Depression: 23.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.5% (11.1–25.8%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Kinston city is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 848 residents.

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