First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 710 12th Street in Altavista, VA 24517. It is one of 27 churches in Altavista, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
710 12th Street, Altavista, VA, 24517First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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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. About 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 33.3%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (5.3–16.4%)
- Obesity: 39.0%
- Child Poverty: 25.2% (8.1–42.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
- Depression: 23.2%
- Food Insecurity: 19.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 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 Church of Jesus — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Peter's Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lane Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
- Crossroads Ministries Church of God of Prophecy — 0.4 mi away
- True Gospel Sabbath Tabernacle — 0.4 mi away
- Altavista Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Crosspoint Church — 0.5 mi away