First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church at 24 Leroy St in Potsdam, NY 13676. It is one of 17 churches in Potsdam.
24 Leroy St, Potsdam, NY, 13676Phone: (315) 265-5464 · Website: http://fbcpotsdam.org
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,465 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 71,419 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 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 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.
- Social Isolation: 44.7%
- Depression: 27.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
- Food Insecurity: 19.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- St. Mary's Church — 0.2 mi away
- Potsdam Presbytarian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ Science — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Center Potsdam — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- North Country Community Church — 0.6 mi away
- Anchor Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Anchor Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 10 mi away in Canton, NY
- First Baptist Church — 10.6 mi away in Canton, NY
- Central Baptist Church — 17.5 mi away in Massena, NY