First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Bridgeport, CT 06607. It is one of 246 churches in Bridgeport, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Bridgeport, CT, 06607First 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. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 44.8%
- Social Isolation: 41.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.7%
- Poverty Rate: 36.0% (20.9–51.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 34.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Unemployment: 9.0% (3.2–14.8%)
- Obesity: 38.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (6.7–18.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Bridgeport city is served by 105 churches — about one congregation for every 1,414 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Temple Emmanuel Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Russell Temple CME — 0.1 mi away
- St Luke's Free Will Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church Without Walls Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Mount Carmel Church — 0.2 mi away
- Prayer Tabernacle Church Of Love — 0.2 mi away
- Jesus Saves Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- The Light Of The World Church — 0.2 mi away
- English Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Igreja Evangélica Ágape — 0.2 mi away