First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in San Marcos, TX 78666. It is one of 83 churches in San Marcos, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to equip believers, engage our community, and share the hope of Christ with the world around us.
San Marcos, TX, 78666Service times
- Sunday 5pm–6pm
- Tuesday 10am–11am
- Wednesday 7:15pm–8:30pm
Shares a ministry location with New Zion San Marcos.
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 below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,200 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.
- Poverty Rate: 27.9% (17.4–38.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (10.4–22.5%)
- Depression: 24.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
San Marcos city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 1,748 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- New Zion San Marcos — 0 mi away
- Greater Bethel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Jackson Chapel Umc — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Johns Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Antioch Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Primera Iglesia Bautista — 0.5 mi away
- Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Westover Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Baptist Student Center — 1 mi away
- The Connection Church — 1 mi away
- Community Baptist Church — 2 mi away