Where is First Church located?

First Church is at 822 - 23rd Street, Galveston, TX, 77550.

What time are services at First Church?

First Church meets Sunday at 10am (Morning Worship -); Tuesday at 7pm (evening -). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Church?

First Church in Galveston, TX is a Baptist church. It is one of 6 Baptist congregations in Galveston.

First Church

First Church is a Baptist church at 822 - 23rd Street in Galveston, TX 77550. It is one of 125 churches in Galveston, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

822 - 23rd Street, Galveston, TX, 77550

Service times

Sunday 10am · Morning Worship -
Tuesday 7pm · evening -

Phone: (409) 763-1840 · Website: https://fbcgalveston.org/

First Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,496 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,872 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 Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,200 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.

Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.7% (11.2–26.2%)
Diabetes: 15.5%
Unemployment: 10.2% (4.5–16.0%)
Obesity: 36.8%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.0%
Poverty Rate: 18.4% (11.6–25.2%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%

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

Galveston city is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 602 residents.

Churches near First Church

Reedy Chapel — 0.1 mi away
William Temple Episcopal Center — 0.1 mi away
Assumption Church — 0.1 mi away
Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica — 0.2 mi away
Saint Josephs Church — 0.2 mi away
St Joseph's Church — 0.2 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
St. Augustine Of Hippo Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Coastal Community Church — 0.4 mi away
Mount Moriah Church — 0.5 mi away
Saint Johns Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Live Oak Church — 0.8 mi away
Mount Olive Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away

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