First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Massillon, OH 44646. It is one of 82 churches in Massillon, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
The purpose of the church is to make Christ known to lost people and to make disciples, and glorify God on earth
Wheelchair accessible
Massillon, OH, 44646First 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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Latest from First Baptist Church of Massillon's YouTube channel: Chapters 19 & 20: Return to the Valley (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 46.1%
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Depression: 28.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.1%
- Food Insecurity: 22.5%
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.0% (7.7–22.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Massillon city is served by 36 churches — about one congregation for every 896 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Community of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Timothys Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Salvation Army — 0.2 mi away
- Reachmark Church — 0.2 mi away
- Living Water Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Massillon Baptist Temple — 1.4 mi away
- Anchor Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away