First Baptist Church of Wharton
First Baptist Church of Wharton is a church at 507 N Fulton St in Wharton, TX 77488. It is one of 44 churches in Wharton.
A place where we strive to love God, love each other, and fulfill the Great Commission.
507 N Fulton St, Wharton, TX, 77488Service times
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m (as listed)
Phone: (979) 532-4295 · Website: https://fbcwharton.com/
First Baptist Church of Wharton is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,419 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church of Wharton
- Missions
- Awana Club
- Small Groups
- Music and Worship Ministry
- Sunday School
- Senior Adults
- Young Adults
- Women's Ministry
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The community around First Baptist Church of Wharton
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 28.5% (17.9–39.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.1%
- Diabetes: 18.2%
- Obesity: 43.3%
- Poverty Rate: 20.5% (10.6–30.4%)
- Unemployment: 6.7% (1.1–12.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Wharton
- New Hope Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Caney Creek Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Abell Street Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- St. Thomas' Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Paul Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mother Zion Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Hope Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mother Zion Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- College Heights Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- St James Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Grace Community Fellowship — 1.6 mi away