First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waterloo, IA 50701. It is one of 121 churches in Waterloo, and one of 21 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1814
Waterloo, IA, 50701Website: http://www.firstbaptistwaterloo.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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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%
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.3%
- Poverty Rate: 28.1% (17.3–38.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (2.3–19.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Child Poverty: 27.0% (10.2–43.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
- Diabetes: 14.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (5.3–17.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Waterloo city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Bethel Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Waterloo Gospel Hall — 0.2 mi away
- Koinonia Ministries Full Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iowa United Pentecostal Church — 0.4 mi away
- UCC Media — 0.4 mi away
- Waterloo Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away