First General Baptist Church

First General Baptist Church is a church at 2502 S Austin Blvd in Chicago, IL 60804. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago.

2502 S Austin Blvd, Chicago, IL, 60804

Phone: (708) 863-4216 · Website: https://first-general-baptist-church-of-cicero.hub.biz

First 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 34.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 28.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
  • Social Isolation: 36.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.3% (13.3–23.4%)
  • Obesity: 36.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
  • Diabetes: 14.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.2% (2.2–10.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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