Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 80 Messer St, Providence, RI, 02909-2048.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 10am (in September through May). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Providence, RI is a Baptist church. It is one of 17 Baptist congregations in Providence.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 80 Messer St in Providence, RI 02909-2048. It is one of 182 churches in Providence, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.

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80 Messer St, Providence, RI, 02909-2048

Service 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. 123 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Rhode Island — 71,352 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

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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.

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Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
St. Mary's on Broadway — 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
Saint Charles Church — 0.4 mi away
Iglesia San Carlos-Providence — 0.4 mi away
Tabernacle Baptist Church West Side — 0.4 mi away
Armenian Apostolic STS Church — 0.4 mi away
Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

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Awakening Church — 0.7 mi away
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