First Japanese Baptist Church
First Japanese Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1512 W Gambrell St in Fort Worth, TX 76115-2207. It is one of 1,178 churches in Fort Worth, and one of 291 Baptist congregations in the city.
The mission of First Japanese Baptist Church is to minister to the people of North Texas and Japan by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the glory of God.
First Japanese Baptist Church was the first Japanese congregation formed in Texas under the Southern Baptist Convention.
Part of Southern Baptist Convention
1512 W Gambrell St, Fort Worth, TX, 76115-2207Service times
- Sunday 11am
Phone: (817) 523-8087 · Website: https://firstjapanesebc.org/
First Japanese 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 — 71,419 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 Japanese Baptist Church
- Sunday School
- Prayer Meeting
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The community around First Japanese Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 working-age adults live without health insurance. More than a third of the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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: 39.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 39.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
- Child Poverty: 34.0% (17.9–50.0%)
- Poverty Rate: 27.8% (17.0–38.6%)
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Depression: 23.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Japanese Baptist Church
- Gambrell Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Genesis — 0.1 mi away
- Triumph Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cog7 Iglesia De Dios Septimo Dia — 0.5 mi away
- Rosemont Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Next Chapter Ministry Church — 0.5 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Nueva Betel — 0.5 mi away
- Iglesia Metodista Unida Nueva Vida — 0.5 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Hebron Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Gambrell Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Genesis — 0.1 mi away
- Triumph Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Hebron Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Templo Bautista Emanuel — 0.6 mi away