First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Danville, VA 24540. It is one of 186 churches in Danville, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.
We believe that we are called to connect with God, connect with others, and connect others with God.
Danville, VA, 24540First 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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 47.4%
- Food Insecurity: 38.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
- Diabetes: 24.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.0%
- Poverty Rate: 23.5% (14.9–32.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (7.5–18.9%)
- Unemployment: 7.6% (3.8–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Danville city is served by 103 churches — about one congregation for every 412 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Grace Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Olive Church — 0.1 mi away
- Claiborne Street Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Church — 0.3 mi away
- Keen Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Three Angels Message Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Pilgrim Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shelton Memorial Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary Church — 0.4 mi away