First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 121 West Church Street in Elmira, NY 14901. It is one of 79 churches in Elmira, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
121 West Church Street, Elmira, NY, 14901First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,495 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 69.1% (49.8–88.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 45.7% (30.8–60.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 32.3%
- Unemployment: 12.1% (6.0–18.7%)
- Social Isolation: 37.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
- Obesity: 37.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
- Depression: 25.0%
- Diabetes: 14.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Elmira city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 646 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- United Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Ogden Memorial Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Park Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- His United Body Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Our Fathers House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Saint John the Baptist — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- United Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Church of Saint John the Baptist — 0.3 mi away
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Monumental Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away