First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 125 South Houston Street in De Leon, TX 76444. It is one of 14 churches in De Leon, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
125 South Houston Street, De Leon, TX, 76444First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Shoe Ministry
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The community around First Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. 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): 21.5% (14.5–28.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.8%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Obesity: 39.0%
- Depression: 24.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
De Leon city is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 396 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- United Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church — 1.1 mi away
- Assembly of God Church — 1.5 mi away
- St Joe Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
- Morton Chapel — 3.2 mi away
- Round Grove Church — 5 mi away in Dublin, TX
More Baptist churches nearby
- Northside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Zion Hill Baptist Church — 9.5 mi away in Comanche, TX
- Community Baptist Church — 11.2 mi away in Dublin, TX
- First Baptist Church — 11.6 mi away in Dublin, TX