First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 145 churches in Petersburg, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.

Petersburg, VA, 23803

Service times

SUNDAY WORSHIP GATHERINGS9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:00; Wednesday’s – Choir and Orchestra Rehearsal, 6‐7:30 pm; Sunday, July 5, 9:00 & 10:30 am (as listed)

Website: http://www.fbcwp1bsc.com/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,736 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,872 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

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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: 43.4%
  • Social Isolation: 37.7%
  • Diabetes: 15.2%
  • Unemployment: 8.2% (4.3–14.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.9% (10.0–23.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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