Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 201 W 3rd Ave, Lexington, NC, 27292-3025.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 11am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Lexington, NC is a Baptist church. It is one of 16 Baptist congregations in Lexington.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 201 W 3rd Ave in Lexington, NC 27292-3025. It is one of 188 churches in Lexington, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.

We are committed to nurturing one another, sharing Christ with everyone, and seeking God’s will in all that we do.

201 W 3rd Ave, Lexington, NC, 27292-3025

Service times

Sunday 11am

Phone: +13362451261 · Website: http://www.fbclex.org/

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 about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

Child Poverty: 56.9% (39.6–74.2%)
Poverty Rate: 30.8% (19.9–41.7%)
Food Insecurity: 25.6%
Obesity: 40.8%
Social Isolation: 34.1%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
Unemployment: 9.0% (2.7–15.4%)
Depression: 26.0%
Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
Diabetes: 14.5%
Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (6.8–18.4%)

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

Churches near First Baptist Church

First Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
Grace Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
Blessing of God Ministry — 0.3 mi away
First Reformed United Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
Mile 2 Church — 0.4 mi away
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
Renaissance Road Church — 0.4 mi away
St. Stephen United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

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Union Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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