Hunter First Baptist Church
Hunter First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Elizabethton, TN 37643. It is one of 110 churches in Elizabethton, and one of 22 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to make mature disciples of Jesus Christ within a transformational community.
Hunter First Baptist Church is located just outside of Elizabethton, Tennessee in the shadow of Holston Mountain. For nearly two centuries the people of Hunter First have worshiped and served together in the name of Jesus Christ. Through trials and triumph, God has equipped Hunter to be on mission in Carter County and around the globe. Our desire is to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ reach all people and to glorify the Lord as we help them walk with Him.
Part of Southern Baptist Convention
Elizabethton, TN, 37643Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · WorshipJoin us
Phone: (423) 543-1381 · Website: http://www.hunterfbc.org/
Hunter First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,860 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 71,872 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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Latest from Hunter First Baptist Church's YouTube channel: Live Sunday Worship - August 2, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Hunter First Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Depression: 31.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
- Diabetes: 15.5%
- Obesity: 37.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (6.9–18.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Hunter First Baptist Church
- The Upper Room Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hunter United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hunter Memorial Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Watauga Valley Church — 1.3 mi away
- Blue Spring Church — 1.3 mi away
- Riverview Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Lynn Valley Church — 1.8 mi away
- Nidiffer Chapel — 2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 2.1 mi away
- Stoney Creek Church of Christ — 2.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Hunter Memorial Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Siam Church — 2.5 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
- Eastside Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
- East Side Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
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