First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church at 500 N Clinton St in Iowa City, IA 52245-6219. It is one of 72 churches in Iowa City.

A few Baptists, under the leadership of the Rev. Mr. George W. Freeman, met in the old stone schoolhouse, which stood on the southeast corner of Georgia Avenue and First Street S.E. to organize the First Baptist Church.

Part of American Baptist Women’s Fellowship

500 N Clinton St, Iowa City, IA, 52245-6219

Phone: +13193387995 · Website: https://www.firstbaptistmc.com/

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 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 66.4%
  • Social Isolation: 41.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.8%
  • Depression: 29.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
  • Unemployment: 6.7% (3.3–10.1%)

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

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