What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Buena Vista, VA is a Baptist church. It is one of 6 Baptist congregations in Buena Vista.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Buena Vista, VA 24416. It is one of 29 churches in Buena Vista, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

Buena Vista, VA, 24416

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 — 71,420 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. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 35.9%
Depression: 27.0%
Poverty Rate: 23.3% (13.1–33.5%)
Obesity: 36.6%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.7%
Food Insecurity: 15.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Buena Vista city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 368 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Peoples Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Church of God of Prophecy — 0.1 mi away
Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
The Peoples Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Buena Vista Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
Stone Church of the Brethren — 0.3 mi away
Fincastle Baptist Church Rockbridge Campus — 0.3 mi away
Buena Vista Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
First Brethren Church — 0.4 mi away
Christ Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

The Peoples Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Fincastle Baptist Church Rockbridge Campus — 0.3 mi away
Buena Vista Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Blue Ridge Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
Lexington Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away in Lexington, VA

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