First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Charleston, WV 25301. It is one of 235 churches in Charleston, and one of 22 Baptist congregations in the city.

Charleston, WV, 25301

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 774 congregations of the Baptist family gather across West 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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 47.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.6% (23.5–41.7%)
  • Food Insecurity: 29.3%
  • Diabetes: 21.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
  • Social Isolation: 34.8%
  • Depression: 30.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
  • Unemployment: 7.8% (0.8–15.0%)

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

Charleston city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 558 residents.

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