First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 415 South Baylor Street in Perryton, TX 79070. It is one of 21 churches in Perryton, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.
It is our goal and mission to preach, teach and follow the life of Jesus Christ.
First Baptist Church of Perryton, was originally established as First Baptist Ochiltree in 1906. The church later moved north to the new town of Perryton where it still resides today. The founding of First Baptist was by the commitment and work of a missionary Elihu Newton. Elihu Newton was the first pastor and the church has continued to grow with the mission emphasis for over a century.
Serving since 1906 · Part of Southern Baptist Convention
415 South Baylor Street, Perryton, TX, 79070Service times
- Sunday 10:50am
- Sunday 9:45am · School Classes
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,377 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,417 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
- Missions
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 working-age adults live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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 Adults 18-64: 25.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.1% (17.5–32.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Perryton city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Iglesia La Peña de Horeb — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Community Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Cornerstone Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Lifegate Fellowship Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- World of Life Church — 0.4 mi away
- United Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.6 mi away
- Key Heights Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Key Heights Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Southside Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Booker Friends Church — 15.5 mi away in Booker, TX
- Balko Baptist Church — 17.5 mi away in Beaver County, OK