First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 615 42nd St in Newport News, VA 23607-2842. It is one of 233 churches in Newport News, and one of 49 Baptist congregations in the city.

You are welcome to join us in our Sanctuary, or virtually through our Facebook livestream. Come and worship the LORD with us!

615 42nd St, Newport News, VA, 23607-2842

Service times

  • Tuesday 6:30pm · evening

Phone: (757) 380-0274 · Website: https://firstbaptistchurchjeffersonpark.com/

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

  • Bible Study

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 58.2% (40.6–75.9%)
  • Obesity: 50.8%
  • Social Isolation: 41.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
  • Diabetes: 20.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.6% (16.9–38.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% (4.7–16.4%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (6.0–16.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

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