First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 707 Saint Patrick Street in Rapid City, SD 57701. It is one of 109 churches in Rapid City, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
First Baptist Church exists to worship God, grow in Christ, equip for service, and draw others into the family of God.
When asked, "Who is First Baptist Church?" the answer constantly changes. We have families who have been here for generations and people who have been here a few months. We have people who work for the school system, Rapid City Regional Hospital, on ranches, in food service, and lots of other places. Maybe the best response to the question, "Who is First Baptist Church?" is simply, "We're messy." Yes, we have messy lives because we're human. We struggle, but we struggle together. We celebrate, and we celebrate together. We try to be real with each other, but sometimes don't even do that very w
707 Saint Patrick Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701Service times
- Sunday 9am · mornings
Phone: (605) 343-0342 · Website: www.rcfbc.org
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 112 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Dakota — 71,418 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
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. About 1 in 7 the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 20 travel more than an hour to work. That is 2,200 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (9.5–23.0%)
- Poverty Rate: 16.3% (10.4–22.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Rapid City city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 2,549 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Living Word Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John the Theologian Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- South Park United Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Grace City — 0.5 mi away
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help — 0.5 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Congregational Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
- Women's Ministry of the Foundry — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bethel Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- West Main Church of Christ — 1.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
- Liberty Baptist Tabernacle — 2.2 mi away
- South Canyon Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
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