First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Santa Cruz, CA 95062. It is one of 51 churches in Santa Cruz, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
Santa Cruz, CA, 95062Shares a ministry location with Santa Cruz Community Church.
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 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Social Isolation: 34.0%
- Depression: 23.9%
- Poverty Rate: 17.8% (10.6–25.1%)
- Unemployment: 6.4% (2.9–10.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Santa Cruz city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 1,831 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Santa Cruz Community Church — 0 mi away
- Santa Cruz Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Society of Friends Meeting House — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Stephens Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Santa Cruz First Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Community Church — 0.7 mi away
- Central Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Star of the Sea Church — 0.7 mi away