First Baptist Church of Bemis

First Baptist Church of Bemis is a Baptist church in Jackson, TN 38301. It is one of 213 churches in Jackson, and one of 25 Baptist congregations in the city.

Jackson, TN, 38301

First Baptist Church of Bemis 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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The community around First Baptist Church of Bemis

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
  • Obesity: 44.9%
  • Child Poverty: 35.3% (16.6–54.1%)
  • Depression: 29.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.8% (16.3–35.3%)
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
  • Unemployment: 7.8% (2.4–13.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Jackson city is served by 64 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

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