Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 801 6th Ave, Huntington, WV, 25701.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 9am; Sunday at 9am; Wednesday at 5:30pm (EVENINGS). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Huntington, WV is a Baptist church. It is one of 35 Baptist congregations in Huntington.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 801 6th Ave in Huntington, WV 25701. It is one of 186 churches in Huntington, and one of 35 Baptist congregations in the city.

Serving since 1837 · Wheelchair accessible

801 6th Ave, Huntington, WV, 25701

Service times

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Sunday 9am
Wednesday 5:30pm · EVENINGS

Phone: (304) 523-1712 · Website: 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. 771 congregations of the Baptist family gather across West 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.

Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

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Latest from Fifth Avenue Baptist Church - Huntington, WV's YouTube channel: Sunday Service, Sept. 13th, 2026 (all videos).

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

More Baptist churches nearby

Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Central Free Will Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Seventh Avenue Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away

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