First Baptist Church of Chicago
First Baptist Church of Chicago is a Baptist church at 933-935 East 50th Street in Chicago, IL 60615. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.
933-935 East 50th Street, Chicago, IL, 60615Service times
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10am
First Baptist Church of Chicago 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 of Chicago
- Music Ministry
- God's Interpretation
- Dawson Home Ministry
- Boys Prison Ministry
- College/Career
- Young Adult
- Children
- Volunteer
- Genealogy
- Weddings
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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 of Chicago
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter 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 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 33.8% (21.9–45.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 26.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
- Diabetes: 15.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
- Unemployment: 11.3% (2.7–19.9%)
- Obesity: 37.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 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 of Chicago
- Ellis Avenue Church — 0.1 mi away
- Croatian Franciscans of the Holy Family Custody — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- The Vineyard Church of Hyde Park — 0.4 mi away
- St. Ambrose Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Old Friendship MBC — 0.5 mi away
- New Life Covenant Oakwood Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Hyde Park Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Goshen Sda Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Liberty Baptish Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mt Eagle Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Chicago Baptist Institute — 0.7 mi away