First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church at 339 Sweetwater Street, Lander, WY, 82520 in Lander, WY 82520-3347. It is one of 24 churches in Lander.
We believe that the purpose, place and mission of this church are to fulfill Christ's command in The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20): "Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I
339 Sweetwater Street, Lander, WY, 82520, Lander, WY, 82520-3347Phone: (307) 332-5063 · Website: https://www.firstbaptistlander.com/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 107 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Wyoming — 71,417 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
- Ruth Circle
- Radio Ministry
- Lander Food Bank
- Damou Haiti Children's Program
- Operation Christmas Child Boxes Outreach
- Almost Home Wyoming
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The community around First Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. About 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.9% (10.3–25.5%)
- Unemployment: 8.0% (2.6–13.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Word of Faith Family Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Orchards Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lander United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Grace Reformed Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
- Sweetwater church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Lander Valley Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Lander Valley Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Hillcrest Baptist Church — 21.3 mi away in Riverton, WY
- First Baptist Church — 22.3 mi away in Riverton, WY
- United Baptist Church — 22.8 mi away in Riverton, WY