First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Council Bluffs, IA 51503. It is one of 110 churches in Council Bluffs, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
Council Bluffs, IA, 51503First 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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter 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 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.6%
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
- Poverty Rate: 25.1% (13.7–36.4%)
- Diabetes: 16.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Depression: 24.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Council Bluffs city is served by 72 churches — about one congregation for every 791 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Refuge Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Remnant Fellowship of Iowa — 0.2 mi away
- The House of Prayer CB — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Peters Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away