What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 11am (we gather). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in La Follette, TN is a Baptist church. It is one of 18 Baptist congregations in La Follette.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in La Follette, TN 37766. It is one of 57 churches in La Follette, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.

La Follette, TN, 37766

Service times

Sunday 11am · we gather

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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Watch

Latest from FBC LaFollette's YouTube channel: August 2, 2026, Sunday Morning Worship Service (all videos).

The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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.

Obesity: 45.4%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
Depression: 32.8%
Poverty Rate: 30.7% (19.3–42.2%)
Child Poverty: 31.5% (13.0–50.2%)
Diabetes: 17.8%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (7.1–19.4%)
Unemployment: 7.9% (1.3–14.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

La Follette city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 481 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away in Lafollette, TN
Pastor Tim Russell — 0.3 mi away
First Independent Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Indiana Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Saint Clare's Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
West LaFollette Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
First Apostolic Church — 0.8 mi away
La Follette Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
East La Follette Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
West Walden Church of God — 0.8 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

First Independent Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Indiana Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
West LaFollette Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
East La Follette Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
Cedar Hill Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away

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