First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church at 11759 S Ashland Ave in Chicago, IL 60643-5011. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago.
11759 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60643-5011Phone: +17739287769 · Website: http://www.firstbaptist-chicago.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Prison Ministry
- College/Career
- Young Adult
- Children
- Genealogy
- Weddings
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 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 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.
- Food Insecurity: 30.3%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
- Diabetes: 17.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (3.2–15.3%)
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- King's Dominion International Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Universal Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Pioneer Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Calumet Park, IL
- God's House Holiness Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- HJC Holy Jerusalem Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit — 0.4 mi away
- Maple Park United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 0.5 mi away
- Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Morgan Park — 0.5 mi away