Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 202 Summitt Dr, Sanford, NC, 27330-3924.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Sanford, NC is a Baptist church. It is one of 9 Baptist congregations in Sanford.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 202 Summitt Dr in Sanford, NC 27330-3924. It is one of 167 churches in Sanford, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.

202 Summitt Dr, Sanford, NC, 27330-3924

Phone: +19197744220 · Website: https://fbcsanford.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 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 41.3% (24.5–58.1%)
Food Insecurity: 35.9%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
Poverty Rate: 30.6% (19.8–41.3%)
Housing Insecurity: 26.8%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.1%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.3% (15.2–31.4%)
Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
Obesity: 44.7%
Social Isolation: 37.6%
Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
Diabetes: 17.1%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
Depression: 24.7%

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

Churches near First Baptist Church

First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
The Lighthouse Chapel — 0.2 mi away
Try Jesus Ministries — 0.2 mi away
Blandonia Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
Fair Promise AME Zion Church — 0.5 mi away
East Sanford Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Greater Zion Holy Temple United Holy Church of America, Inc. — 0.5 mi away
True Gospel United Church of God — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

East Sanford Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Central Baptist Temple — 2.1 mi away
Forest Mill Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
Good News Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away

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