First General Baptist Church
First General Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Rockford, IL 61109. It is one of 262 churches in Rockford, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.
Rockford, IL, 61109Website: https://rockfordunitedchurch.com/index.php
First General Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First General 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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Obesity: 47.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
- Food Insecurity: 32.3%
- Diabetes: 18.1%
- Unemployment: 12.9% (5.1–20.7%)
- Social Isolation: 37.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
- Poverty Rate: 25.8% (15.4–36.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Depression: 24.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.
Churches near First General Baptist Church
- Christ the Savior Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Blessed Hope Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Woodside General Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Edwards Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Brooke Road United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Souls Harbor Church — 0.5 mi away
- Gentle Shepherd Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
- Church Of Christ East Side — 0.6 mi away
- Mount Olive Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away