First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Cookeville, TN 38501. It is one of 154 churches in Cookeville, and one of 10 Baptist congregations in the city.
The vision of First Baptist Church of Cookeville is create a community of authentic believers, and to serve in the city God has planted us within to see it changed by the glory and grace of Jesus Christ.
At the heart of Cookeville First Baptist is a desire for every generation to know God personally.
Cookeville, TN, 38501Service times
- Wednesday 6pm
- Sunday 6pm
Website: https://cookevillefirst.com/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,872 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Kids
- Men
- Worship
- Students
- Women
- Upward Basketball
- College
- Senior Adults
- Mother's Day Out
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Latest from Cookeville First Baptist Church's YouTube channel: Why We Went to Idaho: A Mission Trip Interview (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Depression: 32.0%
- Poverty Rate: 27.7% (18.7–36.8%)
- Obesity: 36.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
- Unemployment: 7.7% (2.8–12.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Cookeville city is served by 55 churches — about one congregation for every 463 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Engrafted Word Church — 0.1 mi away
- Wesley Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cookeville — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cookeville Aglow Lighthouse — 0.3 mi away
- Scott Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Willow Ave Church Of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Stevens Street Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Scott Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Stevens Street Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- West View Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Kingdom Community Church — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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