First Baptist
First Baptist is a Baptist church at 1255 West Jackson Street in Belvidere, IL 61008. It is one of 32 churches in Belvidere, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
The Great Commission, Matthew 28:16-20
1255 West Jackson Street, Belvidere, IL, 61008Phone: +1 815-547-5800 · Website: https://www.fbc-belvidere.org/
First Baptist is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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 the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 25.9%
- Obesity: 40.3%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
- Depression: 23.2%
- Child Poverty: 22.0% (10.2–35.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
- Poverty Rate: 17.5% (9.7–25.3%)
- Diabetes: 13.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Belvidere city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 1,224 residents.
Churches near First Baptist
- All Nations Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redemption Church — 0.6 mi away
- Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Evangelical Covenant Church — 0.7 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Belvidere Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Mission Covenant Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Johns Evangelical Church — 0.9 mi away
- St John's United Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away
- Church of the Holy Trinity — 0.9 mi away