First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 300 W Upshur Ave in Gladewater, TX 75647. It is one of 30 churches in Gladewater, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
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300 W Upshur Ave, Gladewater, TX, 75647Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am
Phone: (903) 845-2171 · Website: https://www.fbcgladewater.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,376 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,352 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
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 37.5%
- Depression: 25.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
- Poverty Rate: 16.1% (8.6–23.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (8.5–18.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Gladewater city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 278 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Throne Room House of Prayer — 0.5 mi away
- Elevate Worship Center — 0.6 mi away
- New Life Fellowship Church — 0.6 mi away
- The Father Heart World Online Church — 0.6 mi away
- Rising Star Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Living Water Church - Gladewater — 0.7 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Memorial Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Union Grove Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Gladeview Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away