First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 701 Mahantongo Street in Pottsville, PA 17901. It is one of 22 churches in Pottsville, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
701 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, PA, 17901First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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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 adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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: 43.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
- Depression: 28.1%
- Poverty Rate: 24.0% (12.4–35.6%)
- Child Poverty: 24.5% (10.4–38.6%)
- Diabetes: 14.2%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (2.0–12.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Pottsville city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 787 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Ann's Cathedral Palestinian Orthodox — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity United Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saved By Grace Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away