Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 669 West Main Street, Sylva, NC, 28779.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 10:30am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Sylva, NC is a Baptist church. It is one of 8 Baptist congregations in Sylva.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 669 West Main Street in Sylva, NC 28779. It is one of 45 churches in Sylva, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.

The image that best captures the spirit and vision of First Baptist Church occurs on Sundays at 10:30 AM.

669 West Main Street, Sylva, NC, 28779

Service times

Sunday 10:30am

Phone: (828) 586-2095 · Website: http://firstbaptistsylva.com/

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

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 32.8%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (9.6–22.6%)
Obesity: 36.2%
Depression: 27.0%
Child Poverty: 26.8% (10.3–43.3%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
Poverty Rate: 20.0% (12.3–27.8%)
Food Insecurity: 15.2%
Diabetes: 13.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Baptist Church

First United Methodist Church of Sylva — 0.1 mi away
St. John's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
Lifeway Community Church — 0.1 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
Redeemer Church, PCA — 0.2 mi away
St. Mary's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
Destiny Church Wnc — 0.5 mi away
The Summit Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
East Sylva Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

The Summit Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
East Sylva Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
Generation Church — 1.3 mi away
Jarrett Memorial Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Dillsboro, NC
Liberty Church — 1.6 mi away

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