First Baptist Church of Alva

First Baptist Church of Alva is a Baptist church at 714 College Ave in Alva, OK 73717. It is one of 22 churches in Alva, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

714 College Ave, Alva, OK, 73717

Phone: (580) 327-2623 · Website: https://www.fbcalva.com/

First Baptist Church of Alva is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,607 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Oklahoma — 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 of Alva

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Social Isolation: 35.6%
  • Depression: 28.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.7% (16.1–33.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.2%
  • Obesity: 38.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%
  • Unemployment: 7.4% (0.6–14.1%)

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

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