Where is First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap located?

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap is at 198 Church Avenue, Pennington Gap, VA, 24277.

What time are services at First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap?

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap meets Tuesday at 12pm (Prayer TimeThe church will be open noon until); Tuesday at 1pm (Prayer TimeThe church will be open noon until). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap?

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap in Pennington Gap, VA is a Baptist church. It is one of 2 Baptist congregations in Pennington Gap.

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap is a Baptist church at 198 Church Avenue in Pennington Gap, VA 24277. It is one of 21 churches in Pennington Gap, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

198 Church Avenue, Pennington Gap, VA, 24277

Service times

Tuesday 12pm · Prayer TimeThe church will be open noon until
Tuesday 1pm · Prayer TimeThe church will be open noon until

Phone: (276) 546-2586 · Website: https://www.pgfb.org/

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,727 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,417 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 of Pennington Gap

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

Child Poverty: 80.7%
Obesity: 47.1%
Poverty Rate: 43.5% (28.8–58.2%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
Food Insecurity: 31.5%
Diabetes: 21.2%
Social Isolation: 35.1%
Depression: 27.7%
Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%
Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
Unemployment: 7.9% (2.0–13.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap

First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Grace Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Wells Chapel Church — 0.2 mi away
Pennington Gap Church of God — 0.3 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
Beech Hill Church — 0.4 mi away
Belcher Chapel — 0.9 mi away
Smith Chapel — 1.3 mi away
Calvary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
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