First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 45 Patterson Ave in Rocky Mount, VA 24151-1707. It is one of 69 churches in Rocky Mount, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

The mission of First Baptist Church-Rocky Mount is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

45 Patterson Ave, Rocky Mount, VA, 24151-1707

Phone: (540) 483-5339 · Website: http://www.fbcrmva.org/

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

  • Administrative and Office Support
  • Outreach Ministry
  • Prayer Ministry
  • Youth Fellowship
  • Women's Fellowship
  • Men's Fellowship
  • Choir and Praise Team
  • Culinary and Hospitality
  • Cleaning Committee
  • Bus and Transportation Ministry
  • Lawn and Maintenance Ministry
  • Multimedia Media Ministry

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 35.6% (16.5–54.7%)
  • Social Isolation: 33.0%
  • Diabetes: 16.7%
  • Obesity: 37.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
  • Depression: 24.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.3–30.7%)
  • Food Insecurity: 18.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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