First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church in Wadesboro, NC 28170. It is one of 48 churches in Wadesboro.

Wadesboro, NC, 28170

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 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, 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 tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 27.9%
  • Diabetes: 19.1%
  • Obesity: 44.1%
  • Child Poverty: 36.0% (17.6–54.4%)
  • Social Isolation: 34.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.6% (13.0–32.2%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
  • Unemployment: 9.5% (2.1–17.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
  • Depression: 23.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.1%

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

Wadesboro town is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 1,052 residents.

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