First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Punxsutawney, PA 15767. It is one of 31 churches in Punxsutawney, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Punxsutawney, PA, 15767First 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 — 71,419 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.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 27.2% (10.1–44.3%)
- Depression: 24.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.5%
- Poverty Rate: 21.1% (12.0–30.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Punxsutawney borough is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 955 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- TCC — 0.2 mi away
- First English Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Salvation Army — 0.3 mi away
- Punxsy First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Journey Church — 0.3 mi away
- Woodland Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Elk Run Good News Center — 0.5 mi away
- St. Peters United Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- One Life Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Chestnut Grove Independent Church — 4.1 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 10.8 mi away in Sykesville, PA
- First Baptist Church — 11.3 mi away in Reynoldsville, PA
- OMBC — 14.3 mi away in Home, PA
- Old Mahoning Baptist Church — 14.3 mi away in Home, PA
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