First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in McAlester, OK 74501. It is one of 83 churches in McAlester, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
McAlester, OK, 74501Service times
- Sunday 9am · SCHEDULE
- Wednesday 5:30pm · SCHEDULE only during school year
First Baptist Church 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Children's Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Women's Ministry
- Men's Ministry
- Counseling Services
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Latest from First Baptist McAlester's YouTube channel: 9:30 AM Worship Gathering (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 27.1%
- Obesity: 42.5%
- Child Poverty: 36.9% (24.5–49.3%)
- Social Isolation: 33.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.2%
- Poverty Rate: 26.8% (19.8–33.7%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (12.2–20.6%)
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Unemployment: 8.9% (4.8–13.1%)
- Depression: 26.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
McAlester city is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 247 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Pittsburg Baptist Association — 0.1 mi away
- Little Chapel on the Hill — 0.1 mi away
- Grand Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Community Culture Church McAlester — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Free Will Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pittsburg Baptist Association — 0.1 mi away
- First Free Will Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- West Bethel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Hillcrest Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Northgate Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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