First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 5304 Charles Street in Rockford, IL 61108. It is one of 262 churches in Rockford, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.

5304 Charles Street, Rockford, IL, 61108

Phone: +1-815-395-0550 · Website: https://www.fbcrockford.org

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 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half 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.

  • Child Poverty: 75.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 56.7%
  • Obesity: 56.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 49.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.2%
  • Diabetes: 23.2%
  • Social Isolation: 38.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.4%
  • Unemployment: 10.2% (2.7–17.8%)
  • Depression: 24.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (5.5–20.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.

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