First Baptist Church in America
First Baptist Church in America is a Baptist church in Providence, RI 02903. It is one of 214 churches in Providence, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
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Providence, RI, 02903Service times
- Sunday 10am · after Labor Day before Memorial Day Adult Children s Classes
- Sunday 10am · Forum happens in this room
First Baptist Church in America 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 in America
- Blessing Bags
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The community around First Baptist Church in America
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 43.7%
- Depression: 24.1%
- Poverty Rate: 19.2% (12.2–26.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 17.0%
- Unemployment: 7.4% (4.2–10.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Providence city is served by 132 churches — about one congregation for every 1,437 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church in America
- Congdon Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Brown-RISD Catholic Community — 0.2 mi away
- Church Beyond the Walls — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- Cathedral of Saint John the Episcopal — 0.3 mi away
- First Unitarian Church of Providence — 0.3 mi away
- Downcity Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Stephens Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mathewson Street United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Therese Old Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Congdon Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Olney Street Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Awakening Church — 1 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Providence Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
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