First Baptist Church of Taft
First Baptist Church of Taft is a Baptist church in Taft, TX 78390. It is one of 8 churches in Taft, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
Taft, TX, 78390First Baptist Church of Taft 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 of Taft
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third 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: 36.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 35.5%
- Diabetes: 20.6%
- Obesity: 44.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (10.5–19.7%)
- Unemployment: 8.4% (3.3–13.5%)
- Child Poverty: 28.6% (10.6–46.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 18.1% (9.6–26.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Taft
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Powerhouse Church — 0.3 mi away
- Open Fields Assembly Of God — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Church — 0.7 mi away
- Calvary Lighthouse Church — 5.9 mi away in Portland, TX
- First Christian Church — 6.5 mi away in Portland, TX
- Gracepoint Church — 6.8 mi away in Portland, TX
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church — 7 mi away in Portland, TX
More Baptist churches nearby
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Gracepoint Church — 6.8 mi away in Portland, TX
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church — 7 mi away in Portland, TX
- First Baptist Church — 7.5 mi away in Gregory, TX
- North Bay Church of Christ — 7.7 mi away in Portland, TX