First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 5700 Loop 256 in Palestine, TX 75801. It is one of 124 churches in Palestine, and one of 19 Baptist congregations in the city.
We desire to form life-long, Christ-centered relationships that help us through all the various trials of life.
5700 Loop 256, Palestine, TX, 75801Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am
Website: https://www.fbcpalestine.com/
First 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 — 71,420 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 Baptist Church
- Children's Ministry
- SHINE Ministry
- Student Ministry
- Men's Ministry
- Women's Ministry
- Missions
- Discovery School
- Connect Family Groups
- Sunday School
- Wednesday Gatherings
- Serve Ministry Teams
- ETX Food Bank Distribution
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Latest from FBC Palestine's YouTube channel: Late Worship Service (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. About 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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): 19.5% (12.6–26.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.1%
- Obesity: 38.9%
- Child Poverty: 26.2% (9.7–42.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (1.4–13.1%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Christ Community — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Sand Flat Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
- Grace Bible Church — 0.9 mi away
- The Antioch Church — 1 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Christ Lutheran Church — 1.2 mi away
- Norwood Heights Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Sand Flat Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- The Antioch Church — 1 mi away
- Norwood Heights Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Dogwood Hills Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Norwood Heights Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away