First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 80 Messer St in Providence, RI 02909-2048. It is one of 214 churches in Providence, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
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80 Messer St, Providence, RI, 02909-2048Service times
- Sunday 10am · in September through May
Phone: (507) 288-8880 · Website: https://www.firstbaptistchurchinamerica.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 124 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Rhode Island — 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
- Blessing Bags
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Child Poverty: 30.9% (11.4–50.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 22.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
- Poverty Rate: 19.5% (11.0–28.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Mary's on Broadway — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- Providence Hmong Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Master Baptist — 0.3 mi away
- Bell Street Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Universal — 0.4 mi away
- Franciscan Convent — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Charles Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Pentecost — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Master Baptist — 0.3 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church West Side — 0.4 mi away
- Awakening Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith and Hope Baptist Church — 1 mi away
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