First General Baptist Church
First General Baptist 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, 62801First General Baptist 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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The community around First General Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 46.0%
- Child Poverty: 44.4% (27.1–61.9%)
- Poverty Rate: 36.2% (26.3–46.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.1%
- Food Insecurity: 30.0%
- Unemployment: 15.2% (9.3–21.1%)
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.7%
- Diabetes: 18.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
- Depression: 25.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Centralia city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 301 residents.
Churches near First General Baptist Church
- New Harmony Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Central City Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Central City, IL
- New Covenant Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Oratory of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker — 0.5 mi away
- Zion United Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away in Central City, IL
- Second Baptist Missionary Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Ricks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Tri-City Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away in Central City, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Harmony Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Central City Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Central City, IL
- New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Tri-City Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away in Central City, IL
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