What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 11am; Sunday at 9:30am (School Worship); Sunday at 11am (School Worship); Sunday at 9:15am (School). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Memphis, TN is a Baptist church. It is one of 427 Baptist congregations in Memphis.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Memphis, TN 38108. It is one of 1,544 churches in Memphis, and one of 427 Baptist congregations in the city.

First Memphis is a Midtown congregation that seeks to share Christ’s love through hospitality, community, dialogue, and service.

Part of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Memphis, TN, 38108

Service times

Sunday 11am
Sunday 9:30am · School Worship
Sunday 11am · School Worship
Sunday 9:15am · School

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.

Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

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 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.

Child Poverty: 64.4% (46.2–82.8%)
Obesity: 51.9%
Poverty Rate: 42.8% (28.8–56.7%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.5%
Diabetes: 28.6%
Unemployment: 17.7% (7.9–27.6%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.4%
Depression: 24.0%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (7.0–19.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.

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