First Baptist Church of Shelby
First Baptist Church of Shelby is a Baptist church at 120 N Lafayette St in Shelby, NC 28150-4456. It is one of 135 churches in Shelby, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to share the love of Christ, build a thriving faith community, and equip every person to live out God’s purpose in their lives.
120 N Lafayette St, Shelby, NC, 28150-4456Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · MorningsWorship Service in Sanctuary
Phone: +17044823467 · Website: https://www.fbcshelby.org/
First Baptist Church of Shelby 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 of Shelby
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 about 1 in 5 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 40.7%
- Social Isolation: 33.6%
- Food Insecurity: 20.6%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.2%
- Poverty Rate: 21.9% (11.6–32.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
- Diabetes: 14.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Shelby
- Ascension Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Central United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Salvation Army Shelby Corps (Church) — 0.1 mi away
- Shelby Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Redeemer — 0.4 mi away
- Mt. Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Wardell Chapell — 0.4 mi away
- Roberts Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Hoppers Chapel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Sinai Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt. Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Hoppers Chapel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Vision Baptist Cathedral — 0.8 mi away
- Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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