First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Alton, IL 62002. It is one of 68 churches in Alton, and one of 13 Baptist congregations in the city.
Alton, IL, 62002Shares a ministry location with City On The Hill Ministries - Alton and Relevant Church-STL.
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Jail and Prison Ministry
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 48.4%
- Food Insecurity: 31.1%
- Poverty Rate: 30.6% (18.6–42.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.5%
- Diabetes: 18.3%
- Social Isolation: 36.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.0%
- Unemployment: 11.5% (1.9–21.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Alton city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 640 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Relevant Church-STL — 0 mi away
- City On The Hill Ministries - Alton — 0 mi away
- The Church of the Living God — 0.3 mi away
- Open Door Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Millennium Temple — 0.4 mi away
- Alton Community Church Of God — 0.4 mi away
- Living Word Apostolic Faith Church — 0.5 mi away
- Webster Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- New Heart Ministries — 0.6 mi away