First Baptist Church of Jefferson City
First Baptist Church of Jefferson City is a Southern Baptist church at 1610 Russell Avenue in Jefferson City, TN 37760. It is one of 31 churches in Jefferson City.
As a community shaped by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, we are called to worship God, share the Good News, foster spiritual growth and meet the needs of hurting people.
First Baptist Church has worshipped and served in Jefferson City for over 181 years.
Accessible parking
1610 Russell Avenue, Jefferson City, TN, 37760Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am–4:30pm · - -
Website: http://www.fbcjeff.org/
First Baptist Church of Jefferson City is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,872 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 71,420 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 of Jefferson City
- Community Outreach
- Youth Ministry
- Children's Ministry
- Wednesday Night Program
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Upcoming events at First Baptist Church of Jefferson City
- Wed, Sep 23 · 5 PM: Wednesday Night Supper — FBC Fellowship Hall, 1610 Russell Ave, Jefferson City, TN, 37760, United States
From First Baptist Church of Jefferson City's public calendar (http://www.fbcjeff.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around First Baptist Church of Jefferson City
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 children here are growing up 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: 31.7%
- Child Poverty: 23.2% (6.4–40.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (11.2–26.5%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (8.0–15.7%)
- Unemployment: 7.8% (3.8–11.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Jefferson City
- Mossy Creek Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- George Street United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Providence Church — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Jefferson City Assembly of God — 0.6 mi away
- Jefferson City Church of God — 0.6 mi away
- Friendsview Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- JC3 KidsWay — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Jefferson City Church of God — 0.6 mi away
- Friendsview Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Martha Davis Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
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