Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 4220 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, 60623.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Chicago, IL is a Baptist church. It is one of 434 Baptist congregations in Chicago.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 4220 West 18th Street in Chicago, IL 60623. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.

4220 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, 60623

Service times

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10am

Website: https://www.firstbic.org/

First 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.

Ministries at First Baptist Church

Dawson Home Ministry
Boys Prison Ministry
College/Career
Young Adult
Children
Volunteer
Genealogy
Weddings
Music Ministry
God's Interpretation

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Latest from The First Baptist Church of Chicago's YouTube channel: 09-02-26 Sunday Morning Service. (Lord's Supper) (all videos).

The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,400 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.

Food Insecurity: 41.8%
Social Isolation: 41.0%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.6%
Housing Insecurity: 33.0%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
Unemployment: 17.2% (8.2–26.1%)
Obesity: 43.2%
Poverty Rate: 26.3% (13.6–39.0%)
Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5% (10.1–29.0%)
Diabetes: 17.9%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Greater Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Saint Titus Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
One Way Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Way of Truth Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
Greater Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Pentecostal Church of Holiness — 0.3 mi away
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
Pillar of Truth Church — 0.3 mi away
Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Gospel Mission Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Greater Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Saint Titus Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Greater Jasper Stone Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Greater Christian Light Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

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