First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2519 Jefferson Avenue in Ogden, UT 84401. It is one of 103 churches in Ogden, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our purpose is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ and promote spiritual growth through education, fellowship, and service.
Serving since 1881 · Part of Ogden’s Jefferson Avenue Historic District
2519 Jefferson Avenue, Ogden, UT, 84401Phone: (801) 621-1761 · Website: https://ogdenfbc.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 143 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Utah — 71,418 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.
Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 36.3%
- Depression: 29.4%
- Food Insecurity: 22.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.4% (11.7–27.2%)
- Obesity: 38.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.5%
- Poverty Rate: 20.4% (11.1–29.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Ogden city is served by 73 churches — about one congregation for every 1,119 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Refuge Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sovereign Grace in Ogden — 0.2 mi away in Riverdale, UT
- Iglesia Crecimiento Cristiano — 0.3 mi away
- Elim Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- Logan Japanese Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Christ Scientist — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Refuge Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- New Zion Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Ogden City, UT
- Mt Ogden Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church and Spanish Mission — 1.2 mi away