First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Truth or Consequences, NM 87901. It is one of 24 churches in Truth or Consequences, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Truth or Consequences, NM, 87901

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 374 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Mexico — 71,418 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 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 32.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.3% (19.9–38.6%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Diabetes: 18.0%
  • Obesity: 37.9%
  • Child Poverty: 28.2% (13.6–43.1%)
  • Depression: 23.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%

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

Truth or Consequences city is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 359 residents.

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