Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 1001 Bedford Avenue, Altavista, VA, 24517.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 10:30am (SERVICE TIMESWorship). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Altavista, VA is a Baptist church. It is one of 9 Baptist congregations in Altavista.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1001 Bedford Avenue in Altavista, VA 24517. It is one of 26 churches in Altavista, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.

First Baptist Church is a cooperating member of the Staunton River Baptist Association.

Part of Staunton River Baptist Association. The Association

1001 Bedford Avenue, Altavista, VA, 24517

Service times

Sunday 10:30am · SERVICE TIMESWorship

Phone: (434) 369-5837 · Website: https://www.fbcaltavista.org

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,727 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 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.

Ministries at First Baptist Church

Emergency Assistance
Lunch for the Needy
Housing Assistance
Domestic Violence Shelter
DAWN
Second Helping
Fuller Center for Housing
Frannie's House
Benevolence
Children's Ministry
GriefShare
Crisis Ministry

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 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: 33.5%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
Food Insecurity: 20.1%
Diabetes: 17.2%
Unemployment: 10.6% (5.1–16.2%)
Obesity: 39.5%
Child Poverty: 26.1% (9.4–42.9%)
Depression: 23.4%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Altavista town is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 210 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

First Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
Grace Community Church — 0.2 mi away
Lane Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
Altavista Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
First Church of Jesus — 0.4 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Crossroads Ministries Church of God of Prophecy — 0.6 mi away
True Gospel Sabbath Tabernacle — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Grace Community Church — 0.2 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Altavista Baptist Tabernacle — 1.4 mi away
New Prospect Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Hurt, VA

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