First Baptist Church of Leesville
First Baptist Church of Leesville is a Baptist church at 350 E Columbia Ave in Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29070. It is one of 82 churches in Batesburg-Leesville, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
350 E Columbia Ave, Batesburg-Leesville, SC, 29070Phone: (803) 532-4339 · Website: http://www.firstbaptistportorange.org
First Baptist Church of Leesville is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,009 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Carolina — 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 of Leesville
In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 40.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
- Food Insecurity: 23.1%
- Diabetes: 17.0%
- Social Isolation: 31.5%
- Depression: 23.9%
- Poverty Rate: 17.4% (10.0–24.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (5.4–17.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Batesburg-Leesville town is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 198 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Leesville
- Wittenberg Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Leesville United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Matthews Church — 0.8 mi away
- Friendship Church — 0.8 mi away
- Christ Community Church — 0.9 mi away
- Batesburg Church of the Nazarene — 1.1 mi away
- Calvary Church — 1.2 mi away
- Twin City church of Christ — 1.2 mi away
- Concord Church — 1.5 mi away
- Eastside Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Batesburg Church of the Nazarene — 1.1 mi away
- Eastside Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Batesburg — 2.1 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
- Olive Branch Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
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