First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 145 Church St in Barnwell, SC 29812. It is one of 46 churches in Barnwell, and one of 13 Baptist congregations in the city.
145 Church St, Barnwell, SC, 29812Phone: (803) 793-4328
Shares a ministry location with Allen Street Church of God.
First 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
In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 40.9% (22.1–59.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 30.8%
- Poverty Rate: 30.8% (19.4–42.3%)
- Diabetes: 18.2%
- Unemployment: 12.5% (3.5–21.8%)
- Obesity: 43.1%
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (8.2–16.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Allen Street Church of God — 0 mi away
- Barnwell Mennonite Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Faith Ministries Church — 0.4 mi away
- Hagood Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Barnwell Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Barnwell United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Andrews Roman Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away