First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 125 Sedgefield Street in Bristol, VA 24201. It is one of 117 churches in Bristol, and one of 22 Baptist congregations in the city.
First Baptist Bristol is literally on the state line between Tennessee and Virginia, with our sanctuary being in Virginia by about thirty feet! Founded in 1859, our congregation has grown with the city, and we serve, not just Bristol, but the entire northeast area of the Tri-Cities region.
125 Sedgefield Street, Bristol, VA, 24201Service times
- Sunday 11am
Phone: (276) 669-8191 · Website: https://www.fbcbristol.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 — 71,418 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Small Groups
- Discipleship
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.4%
- Food Insecurity: 28.9%
- Obesity: 43.3%
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Depression: 30.3%
- Poverty Rate: 29.0% (19.6–38.3%)
- Diabetes: 17.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.2% (8.8–21.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (2.1–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Bristol city is served by 42 churches — about one congregation for every 405 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Mount Carmel Gospel Church — 0.1 mi away
- Lee Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Everflowing Well Church — 0.3 mi away
- John Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lee Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Baptist Goodwill Center — 0.4 mi away
- Reynolds Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Anchor Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Lee Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lee Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Baptist Goodwill Center — 0.4 mi away
- Anchor Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away