First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1003 College Avenue in Forney, TX 75126. It is one of 47 churches in Forney, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
Christ's objective is fully devoted followers, not a crowd of admirers.
1003 College Avenue, Forney, TX, 75126Service times
Sat, Aug 01, 8:30AM; Sun, Aug 09, 12:45PM; Sat, Aug 15, 10:00AM (as listed)
Shares a ministry location with The House.
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,377 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,417 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, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 38.3%
- Depression: 23.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Forney city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 772 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- The House — 0 mi away
- Semilla De Vida — 0 mi away
- FBCF Campus Safety — 0 mi away
- Eastside Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- On This Rock Ministry — 0.6 mi away
- Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Little Flock Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Lakepointe Church, Forney Campus — 0.8 mi away
- Brotherly Love — 0.8 mi away
- Firehouse Church — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Little Flock Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Lakepointe Church, Forney Campus — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Forney — 1 mi away
- The Endeavor Church — 1.3 mi away