First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church at 1200 Preskitt Rd in Decatur, TX 76234-3727. It is one of 36 churches in Decatur.

1200 Preskitt Rd, Decatur, TX, 76234-3727

Phone: (940) 627-3235 · Website: https://firstdecatur.us/

First Baptist Church 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.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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.

  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
  • Depression: 23.8%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.8% (5.4–22.3%)
  • Diabetes: 13.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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