Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 710 12th Street, Altavista, VA, 24517.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 9:30am (School Lifegroups for all ages); 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 710 12th Street in Altavista, VA 24517. It is one of 26 churches in Altavista, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.

710 12th Street, Altavista, VA, 24517

Service times

Sunday 9:30am · School Lifegroups for all ages
Sunday 10:30am · SERVICE TIMESWorship

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.

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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

More Baptist churches nearby

Grace Community Church — 0.3 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Altavista Baptist Tabernacle — 0.9 mi away
New Beginnings Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away

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