First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Houston, TX 77088. It is one of 3,187 churches in Houston, and one of 579 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1841 · Services in Spanish · Accessible parking
Houston, TX, 77088Website: http://www.houstonsfirst.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Worship Choir and Orchestra
- PATHMAKERS
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The community around First Baptist 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third 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: 48.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 27.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.6% (12.1–35.1%)
- Diabetes: 21.9%
- Poverty Rate: 22.9% (12.8–33.0%)
- Unemployment: 9.8% (5.8–13.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Cliffdale Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Progressive Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Champions Community Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Place Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- God's Holy Place — 0.2 mi away
- Pure Grace Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Body of Christ Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Luke Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Progressive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away