First Missionary Baptist Church
First Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Houston, TX 77016. It is one of 3,337 churches in Houston, and one of 724 Baptist congregations in the city.
At First Missionary Baptist Church of Houston, our vision is to restore and call to order those things that God has called us to do. We are dedicated to winning souls and making disciples for Jesus Christ. Our mission is to edify the body of Christ, prepare facilities for worship and study, biblically educate our members, and stand on the foundation laid by Jesus Christ.
Houston, TX, 77016Service times
Friday of the month, from 8:00 a.m (as listed)
First Missionary 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 Missionary Baptist Church
- Food Distribution
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The community around First Missionary Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 working-age adults live without health insurance. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,200 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 Adults 18-64: 32.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.0% (19.8–38.2%)
- Diabetes: 19.4%
- Obesity: 44.2%
- Child Poverty: 34.0% (18.2–49.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 23.8% (14.0–33.6%)
- Unemployment: 6.3% (2.3–10.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Missionary Baptist Church
- Grace Church International — 0.1 mi away
- Little York Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Spirit Of Praise Ministries Holiness Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Christ - Northwood Manor — 0.3 mi away
- Glad Tiding Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
- Northland Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New St John Missionary Baptist Church Pastor John E Cooper/ Lady Jeanette — 0.4 mi away
- Living Water Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Faith Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Grace Church International — 0.1 mi away
- Northland Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Leedale Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Fontaine First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away