First Baptist Church of New Bern
First Baptist Church of New Bern is a Baptist church at 239 Middle Street in New Bern, NC 28560. It is one of 121 churches in New Bern, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
239 Middle Street, New Bern, NC, 28560First Baptist Church of New Bern is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church of New Bern
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 40.5%
- Social Isolation: 33.4%
- Poverty Rate: 24.0% (12.5–35.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 20.0%
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
- Depression: 23.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.9% (4.3–21.5%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
New Bern city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 1,277 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of New Bern
- Christ Episcopal Church Children's & Youth Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Marys Free Will Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.2 mi away
- Centenary United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul's Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Pauls Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away