First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Bridgeport, CT 06604. It is one of 246 churches in Bridgeport, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.

Bridgeport, CT, 06604

Website: http://stmatthewbaptist.org/

Shares a ministry location with Greater Bridgeport Ghanaian Seventh-Day Adventist 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 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,500 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: 62.3% (44.1–80.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 38.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.3%
  • Unemployment: 15.3% (2.9–27.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 26.0% (14.6–37.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
  • Diabetes: 13.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (5.4–19.1%)

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

Bridgeport city is served by 105 churches — about one congregation for every 1,414 residents.

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