First Baptist Church of Meriden
First Baptist Church of Meriden is a Baptist church at 460 Broad Street in Meriden, CT 06450. It is one of 52 churches in Meriden, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
The mission of the Meriden Soup Kitchen is to feed the hungry of the greater Meriden area without regard to any form of discrimination, serving its clients with dignity and respect.
460 Broad Street, Meriden, CT, 06450Phone: +1 203 237 5529 · Website: http://www.fbcmeriden.org
Shares a ministry location with Meriden Community Church.
First Baptist Church of Meriden is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church of Meriden
- Food pantry
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The community around First Baptist Church of Meriden
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 36.3%
- Poverty Rate: 32.0% (20.7–43.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 29.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
- Obesity: 43.5%
- Child Poverty: 37.8% (22.0–53.7%)
- Social Isolation: 37.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Unemployment: 8.0% (3.7–12.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Meriden city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 2,018 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Meriden
- Meriden Community Church — 0 mi away
- Center Congregational Church — 0 mi away
- Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Meriden Hills Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Meriden Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Life Of Faith Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Stanislaus Church — 0.3 mi away
- Apostolic Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Meriden Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away