First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Garland, TX 75040. It is one of 288 churches in Garland, and one of 29 Baptist congregations in the city.
First Baptist Church began in 1868 as Antioch Baptist Church. Though our faces and buildings have changed since those early days, First Baptist's mission to reach the community for Christ has not. We believe the Bible to be our manual, and Christ to be our example.
Serving since 1868 · Accessible parking
Garland, TX, 75040Service times
- Sunday 9:45am · School classes meet
- Sunday 5:30pm · Bible Study class meets
- Sunday 9:45am · mornings
First 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
- Worship Choir
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Latest from First Baptist Garland's YouTube channel: Sunday Morning Traditional Service (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live without health insurance, and about a third of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 33.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 31.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Garland city is served by 176 churches — about one congregation for every 1,356 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- God's Miracle Deliverance Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Garland — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Neighborhood Church of Garland — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church, Garland — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Foundry Church — 0.3 mi away
- Vine of Life Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lifewell Church — 0.3 mi away
- Vietnamese Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away