Riverside Baptist Church
Riverside Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Decatur, IL 62521. It is one of 161 churches in Decatur, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Decatur, IL, 62521Shares a ministry location with Central Baptist Church and Vintage Church.
Riverside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Riverside Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 49.0%
- Food Insecurity: 27.2%
- Unemployment: 12.9% (4.8–20.9%)
- Social Isolation: 38.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Poverty Rate: 16.1% (8.9–23.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Decatur city is served by 57 churches — about one congregation for every 932 residents.
Churches near Riverside Baptist Church
- Central Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Vintage Church — 0 mi away
- Bright Morning Star — 0.1 mi away
- Living Word Evangelistic Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- First Evangelical Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Canaan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- St John Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Victory Temple Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away