What time are services at First Christian Church?

First Christian Church meets Sunday at 9:30am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Christian Church?

First Christian Church in Centralia, IL is a Baptist church. It is one of 8 Baptist congregations in Centralia.

First Christian Church

First Christian Church is a Baptist church in Centralia, IL 62801. It is one of 54 churches in Centralia, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.

Centralia, IL, 62801

Service times

Sunday 9:30am

Shares a ministry location with First Baptist Church of Centralia.

First Christian Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 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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Latest from First Christian Church | Centralia, IL's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship | August 9, 2026 (all videos).

The community around First Christian Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

Unemployment: 14.5% (7.4–21.6%)
Obesity: 40.4%
Social Isolation: 36.2%
Poverty Rate: 25.8% (17.3–34.3%)
Food Insecurity: 21.6%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
Depression: 23.6%
Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
Diabetes: 13.3%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (6.4–15.8%)

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

Centralia city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 301 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

First Baptist Church of Centralia — 0 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
Bible Based Community Church — 0.3 mi away
City Hope Church — 0.3 mi away
Community Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
Saint Johns Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
Second Baptist Missionary Church — 0.5 mi away
Ricks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Locust Street Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Temple Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Eternity Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

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