First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 353 Chestnut St in Meadville, PA 16335-3210. It is one of 47 churches in Meadville, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to glorify God by worshiping together, building disciples, and sharing Christ’s love with our community.
Meadville First Baptist Church is a welcoming community of believers dedicated to worshiping God, building disciples, and sharing the love of Christ.
353 Chestnut St, Meadville, PA, 16335-3210Phone: (814) 724-3384 · Website: https://www.fbcmeadville.com/plan-a-visit
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,478 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Pennsylvania — 71,417 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
- Vacation Bible School
- Youth Group
- Girls in Action
- Royal Rangers
- The Love People Team
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 41.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
- Poverty Rate: 22.5% (15.7–29.3%)
- Depression: 26.9%
- Child Poverty: 26.2% (9.5–42.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Unitarian Universalist Church — 0 mi away
- Stone United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Brigid — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel AME Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Agatha's Church — 0.2 mi away
- Altar International House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
- Oasis SLW — 0.2 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- St. John Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- United Faith Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 2 mi away
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