First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 522 West Main Street in Gun Barrel City, TX 75156. It is one of 12 churches in Gun Barrel City, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
522 West Main Street, Gun Barrel City, TX, 75156First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,375 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,350 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
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.3% (15.5–35.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
- Unemployment: 11.5% (4.2–18.7%)
- Obesity: 36.1%
- Depression: 26.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Cedar Creek Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Jude Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Liberty Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Disciple Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Beacon Church of Christ — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Peter Lutheran Church — 1.6 mi away
- Christian Life Center Church — 1.9 mi away
- Elam Grove Church — 2.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Liberty Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Disciple Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Missionary Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Mabank, TX
- Central Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Mabank, TX
- First Baptist Church of Mabank — 2.8 mi away in Mabank, TX
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