River City Baptist Church
River City Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 6801 Merrill Rd in Jacksonville, FL 32277-3632. It is one of 1,416 churches in Jacksonville, and one of 64 Baptist congregations in the city.
Since 2018, we have sought to declare the truth of God’s Word, engage in community outreach, and build a loving community of Christians who grow together, pray together, and serve together.
River City Baptist Church is a Bible-centered church in the heart of Arlington in Jacksonville, FL.
6801 Merrill Rd, Jacksonville, FL, 32277-3632Phone: +19047248223 · Website: https://www.rivercitybaptist.church/
River City Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,713 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Florida — 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 River City Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.2% (12.1–30.4%)
- Obesity: 36.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near River City Baptist Church
- St Matthew's Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- Parker Church — 0.3 mi away
- Jacksonville Kachin Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Higher Definition Church — 0.8 mi away
- NewBirth Community Church — 0.8 mi away
- Arlington Alliance Church — 0.8 mi away
- Shepherds Fold Church of God — 1 mi away
- All Things Restored Church — 1 mi away
- The Apostolic Church — 1 mi away
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Parker Church — 0.3 mi away
- Jacksonville Kachin Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Shepherds Fold Church of God — 1 mi away
- Parkwood Church — 1.2 mi away
- Sovereign Grace Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
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