First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Huntington, WV 25701. It is one of 157 churches in Huntington, and one of 28 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1837 · Wheelchair accessible
Huntington, WV, 25701Website: http://www.fbchwv.com/
Shares a ministry location with Quickening Fire Ministries.
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 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Obesity: 49.5%
- Poverty Rate: 35.8% (25.5–46.2%)
- Depression: 33.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Food Insecurity: 24.3%
- Diabetes: 17.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Huntington city is served by 108 churches — about one congregation for every 382 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Quickening Fire Ministries — 0 mi away
- First Congregational United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- The Light of the World — 0.1 mi away
- Unitarian Fellowship of Huntington — 0.2 mi away
- Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Spirit of the Lord United Holy Church — 0.2 mi away
- City Church Huntington — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redemption Church — 0.3 mi away