What denomination is First Missionary?

First Missionary in New Bern, NC is a Baptist church. It is one of 10 Baptist congregations in New Bern.

First Missionary

First Missionary is a Baptist church in New Bern, NC 28560. It is one of 135 churches in New Bern, and one of 10 Baptist congregations in the city.

New Bern, NC, 28560

Shares a ministry location with First MB Church Inc.

First Missionary 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.

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The community around First Missionary

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

Food Insecurity: 26.6%
Diabetes: 18.7%
Obesity: 44.9%
Social Isolation: 35.1%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
Poverty Rate: 27.5% (16.7–38.4%)
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (9.0–24.4%)
Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
Depression: 23.6%
Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
Transportation Barriers: 13.6%

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

New Bern city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 1,277 residents.

Churches near First Missionary

First MB Church Inc — 0 mi away
Universal Faith Church — 0.1 mi away
Biblical House of God — 0.1 mi away
Mt. Carmel Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
West Street Community Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
Guildfield MB Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint Stephen FWB Church — 0.3 mi away
Rue Chapel AME Church — 0.3 mi away
Generation Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Mt. Carmel Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
Generation Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Saint Mary's Free Will Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Saint Marys Free Will Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

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