First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Rusk, TX 75785. It is one of 37 churches in Rusk, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
Here at Rusk FBC we prioritize the Scriptures. We teach exegetically and allow the Bible to speak for itself. We strive to teach the Bible in a way that helps people grow spiritually and creates doctrinal clarity.
Rusk, TX, 75785Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8am
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.
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The community around First Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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 two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Unemployment: 12.3% (3.0–21.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (9.5–23.0%)
- Obesity: 36.9%
- Diabetes: 13.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Congreational Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Rusk — 0.1 mi away
- Rusk Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Rusk Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Shady Grove Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church Rusk — 0.4 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church On the Rock — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church Rusk — 0.4 mi away
- Eastside Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 10.9 mi away in Alto, TX
- Hilltop Baptist Church — 11.1 mi away in Alto, TX