First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 12716 Warwick Blvd. in Newport News, VA 23606. It is one of 181 churches in Newport News, and one of 43 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission statement, which we call “The Three E’s”, defines all we do as a church body. Embracing God, Equipping Christ-followers, Engaging Our World
From humble beginnings more than one-hundred years ago, First Baptist Church, Newport News has been faithful to God’s calling for us to serve our community and beyond.
Serving since 1881 · Services in Spanish
12716 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, VA, 23606Service times
Sunday mornings at 9:45 a.m (as listed)
Phone: (757) 930-0911 · Website: http://www.fbcnn.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,726 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,352 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
- Hispanic Ministry
- Children and Preschool Ministry
- Children's Ministry
- Small Group Bible Study
- KMotion (Kids in Motion)
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Obesity: 37.7%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Newport News city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 2,230 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Olivet Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Temple Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
- Hope Manifested Ministries, Inc — 0.7 mi away
- Life Line Full Gospel Church — 0.7 mi away
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Christ Church — 0.9 mi away
- Union Chapel — 1.1 mi away
- Kingdom Transformation Deliverance Ministries — 1.1 mi away
- CrossWalk Church - Newport News — 1.2 mi away
- Denbigh Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Denbigh Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Orcutt Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Menchville Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- North Riverside Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
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