What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 10:30am (mornings). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Poteau, OK is a Baptist church. It is one of 3 Baptist congregations in Poteau.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Poteau, OK 74953. It is one of 35 churches in Poteau, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

Poteau, OK, 74953

Service times

Sunday 10:30am · mornings

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

Clothes Closet
Sewing Seeds
Sheep's Crossing
Music Ministry

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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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 26.0%
Obesity: 40.4%
Social Isolation: 35.6%
Child Poverty: 31.8% (18.7–44.8%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
Depression: 27.3%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.8%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
Poverty Rate: 21.7% (15.0–28.3%)
Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
Diabetes: 14.7%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
Unemployment: 6.0% (2.5–9.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Poteau city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 780 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

First United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
Faith Community Poteau — 0.1 mi away
Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
Immaculate Conception Church — 0.3 mi away
New Beginning Family Ministry — 0.3 mi away
Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
Southside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Southside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
First Free Will Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
Poteau Valley Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
Springhill Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away in Howe, OK
Sugarloaf Creek Baptist Church — 6.4 mi away

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