Gilmer Baptist Church
Gilmer Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 304 Buffalo Street in Gilmer, TX 75644. It is one of 75 churches in Gilmer, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.
At First Baptist Church Gilmer, our mission is to Engage, Equip, and Empower people to follow Jesus and make Him known.
We exist to... Honor and glorify God by faithfully obeying Jesus’ command to make disciples of all people.
Wheelchair accessible
304 Buffalo Street, Gilmer, TX, 75644Service times
- Friday 8am
Phone: (903) 843-3136 · Website: https://fbcgilmer.org/
Gilmer 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 Gilmer Baptist Church
- Senior Adults
- Students
- Children
- Sports Ministry
- Children's Ministry
- Nursery and Preschool
- Elementary
- Preteen Ministry
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Latest from FBCGilmer Sermons's YouTube channel: Part 5: The Power of Faith | September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Gilmer Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 40.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Unemployment: 8.4% (1.2–15.6%)
- Child Poverty: 29.5% (10.4–48.6%)
- Depression: 25.8%
- Poverty Rate: 18.6% (9.9–27.2%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Gilmer Baptist Church
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Primera de Gilmer — 0.1 mi away
- Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Solid Rock House of Praise — 0.4 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — 0.6 mi away
- Mountain Men — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Mountain Men — 0.6 mi away
- Cherokee Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away