First Baptist Church of Marion

First Baptist Church of Marion is a Baptist church at 99 N Main St in Marion, NC 28752-3935. It is one of 102 churches in Marion, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.

Following the leadership of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we seek to worship God in word and action, to love and support one another, and to share the Good News.

Hearing assistance

99 N Main St, Marion, NC, 28752-3935

Service times

  • Sunday, Wednesday 5:30pm–7:30pm · June 28th July 1st -

Phone: (828) 652-6030 · Website: https://fbcmarion.org/

First Baptist Church of Marion is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,576 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,420 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 of Marion

  • Music Ministry
  • Children’s Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Saints Alive Senior Adults
  • Blanton Family Ministry Center
  • Kids on Mission

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Latest from First Baptist Church of Marion, NC's YouTube channel: FBC of Marion - September 13, 2026 (all videos).

The community around First Baptist Church of Marion

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. 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: 33.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.2% (13.9–34.5%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.8% (12.8–26.8%)
  • Obesity: 36.7%
  • Depression: 26.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
  • Child Poverty: 24.0% (9.6–38.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 19.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%
  • Diabetes: 13.9%
  • Unemployment: 7.8% (2.5–13.2%)

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

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