First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 240 East Bell Avenue in Rockdale, TX 76567. It is one of 26 churches in Rockdale, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
240 East Bell Avenue, Rockdale, TX, 76567First 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, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,100 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): 21.3% (14.9–27.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.9%
- Diabetes: 16.2%
- Obesity: 39.3%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Child Poverty: 22.4% (7.1–37.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 16.0% (10.0–22.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.
Rockdale city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 479 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Thomas Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Springfield Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- West Bell Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Pecan Street Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Crossroads Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
- Spanish Assembly of God Church — 0.5 mi away
- Landmark Baptist Church Rockdale — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Rising Star Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Meadowbrook Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Milano First Baptist Church — 8.5 mi away in Milano, TX
- San Gabriel Baptist Church — 12 mi away in Thorndale, TX
- Friendship Baptist Church — 12.5 mi away in Caldwell, TX