First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Tyler, TX 75702. It is one of 346 churches in Tyler, and one of 50 Baptist congregations in the city.

Tyler, TX, 75702

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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Obesity: 48.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.8%
  • Unemployment: 16.2% (5.4–26.9%)
  • Poverty Rate: 29.7% (20.9–38.4%)
  • Diabetes: 17.0%
  • Depression: 25.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Tyler city is served by 102 churches — about one congregation for every 923 residents.

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