First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Danville, VA 24540. It is one of 203 churches in Danville, and one of 48 Baptist congregations in the city.
We believe that we are called to connect with God, connect with others, and connect others with God.
First Baptist Church is a welcoming church, all-inclusive and glad for diversity. We offer an open-minded faith space where unconditional love, forgiveness, and interfaith relationships are celebrated.
Danville, VA, 24540Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School
- Sunday 10:30am · Worship Service
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.
Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
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Latest from First Baptist Church on Vimeo: 2026-09-13 Psalm 1 (all videos).
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
More Baptist churches nearby
- Claiborne Street Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Keen Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Vance Street Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away