First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 310 North Jefferson Street, VA, 24016 in Roanoke, VA 24016. It is one of 315 churches in Roanoke, and one of 36 Baptist congregations in the city.

The purpose of this church is to glorify God through obedience to the great commission in leading people to faith in Christ and into an ever-growing relationship with him.

310 North Jefferson Street, VA, 24016, Roanoke, VA, 24016

Website: https://fbcgrke.org/fbc/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 26.2%
  • Obesity: 43.7%
  • Social Isolation: 38.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.7% (16.7–40.6%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
  • Diabetes: 15.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
  • Depression: 23.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
  • Unemployment: 6.7% (2.0–11.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Roanoke city is served by 141 churches — about one congregation for every 703 residents.

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