First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Pittsburgh, PA 15213. It is one of 613 churches in Pittsburgh, and one of 61 Baptist congregations in the city.
The First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh was organized in 1812 with twelve constituent members.
Serving since 1812
Pittsburgh, PA, 15213First 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 — 71,418 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Vacation Bible School
- Chinese Bible School
- Toy Mission
- Fresh Air Vacation Camp
- Industrial School
- Department for the Deaf
- City Missionary and Visiting Nurse
- School of Housekeeping
- Outdoor Meetings
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,500 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 43.0%
- Depression: 25.3%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (2.6–11.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Pittsburgh city is served by 278 churches — about one congregation for every 1,092 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Grace Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.2 mi away
- The Pittsburgh Oratory and Catholic Newman Center — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Community of Reconciliation — 0.2 mi away
- Pittsburgh Chinese Church — 0.3 mi away
- Heinz Memorial Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Oakland Catholic Chapel — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- New Light Temple Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mother of Mercy Chapel — 0.7 mi away
- Good Samaritan Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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