First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 16 West 2nd Street in Franklin, OH 45005. It is one of 45 churches in Franklin, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

16 West 2nd Street, Franklin, OH, 45005

Phone: (937) 746-3911 · Website: https://www.firstbaptistfranklin.com/

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First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,342 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Ohio — 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 38.2% (18.3–58.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 33.5%
  • Depression: 27.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.3% (13.3–31.2%)
  • Obesity: 38.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 17.8%
  • Diabetes: 14.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Franklin city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 1,277 residents.

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