First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 255 South 9th Street in Slaton, TX 79364. It is one of 27 churches in Slaton, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
255 South 9th Street, Slaton, TX, 79364First 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.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.0%
- Diabetes: 18.1%
- Obesity: 41.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.3% (9.5–29.0%)
- Unemployment: 6.5% (0.0–15.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Slaton city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 336 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Lighthouse Apostolic Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church of Slaton — 0.1 mi away
- Westside Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Hearts Together Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Templo De Alabanza — 0.3 mi away
- Rehoba Community Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Westview Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mighty Oak Assembly of God — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Westview Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Freewill Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Twenty First Street Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away