First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Carmi, IL 62821. It is one of 29 churches in Carmi, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our Purpose: We want to help you take your next step, no matter where you are in your faith.
At First Baptist Church of Carmi, we believe that spiritual growth is a journey we take together.
Carmi, IL, 62821First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,417 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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Latest from First Baptist Church of Carmi's YouTube channel: Kaleb Collard Preaching May 24, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Social Isolation: 33.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Poverty Rate: 18.8% (11.8–25.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Polycarp Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Cherry Street General Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Life Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
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