First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Hemet, CA 92544. It is one of 75 churches in Hemet, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Hemet, CA, 92544Website: http://www.pursuechrist.org
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,885 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
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The community around First 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 a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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: 29.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.1%
- Obesity: 41.6%
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
- Child Poverty: 28.1% (13.1–43.1%)
- Depression: 24.6%
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (13.4–29.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (6.0–18.1%)
- Unemployment: 6.1% (2.8–9.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Emmaus Reformed Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Cornerstone — 0.1 mi away
- Un.plugged Church — 0.1 mi away
- Crossroads Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Central Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Fountain of Life Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.5 mi away
- Calvary Foursquare Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Emmaus Reformed Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Crossroads Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Hope in the Valley Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
- Victory Ranch Baptist Camp — 8.9 mi away in Moreno Valley, CA