First Baptist Abilene
First Baptist Abilene is a Baptist church at 1442 N. 2nd St., Abilene, TX, 79601 in Abilene, TX 79601-5727. It is one of 174 churches in Abilene, and one of 53 Baptist congregations in the city.
FBC Abilene diligently strives to be a missional church, a church who recognizes we don’t exist for ourselves but to advance the kingdom of God in the world.
Since its inception in 1881, FBC Abilene diligently strives to be a missional church, a church who recognizes we don’t exist for ourselves but to advance the kingdom of God in the world.
Serving since 1881
1442 N. 2nd St., Abilene, TX, 79601, Abilene, TX, 79601-5727Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
Phone: (325) 675-8103 · Website: https://fbcabilene.org/
First Baptist Abilene is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,376 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,352 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 Abilene
- Missions
- Children's Ministry
Find First Baptist Abilene on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around First Baptist Abilene
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.6% (19.7–39.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.0%
- Obesity: 40.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Poverty Rate: 26.2% (16.2–36.2%)
- Diabetes: 16.1%
- Child Poverty: 25.6% (10.9–41.0%)
- Depression: 23.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Abilene
- First Central Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- St Paul United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Radiant Life Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Covenant of Hope Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Abilene Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shining Star Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Point Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Well Abilene — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- International Baptist Church of Abilene — 0.6 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- South Side Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- New Light Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away