First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 200 North Knox Street in Jacksboro, TX 76458. It is one of 21 churches in Jacksboro, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

200 North Knox Street, Jacksboro, TX, 76458

Phone: +1-940-567-3741 · Website: http://fbcjacksboro.com/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,496 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,872 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 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.5% (16.8–32.2%)
  • Child Poverty: 35.0% (17.3–52.8%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.6% (16.1–33.0%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.6%
  • Diabetes: 15.5%
  • Unemployment: 10.9% (4.9–17.0%)
  • Obesity: 39.8%
  • Depression: 25.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Jacksboro city is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 639 residents.

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