First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 111 East 2nd Street in Dixon, IL 61021. It is one of 34 churches in Dixon, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our church story began in 1838 with Rebecca Dixon (wife of Dixon's founder, John Dixon) and others who met with others who shared her love of God and missions.
Serving since 1838
111 East 2nd Street, Dixon, IL, 61021Website: https://fbcdixon.com/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Habitat for Humanity
- Meals on Wheels
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 41.3%
- Social Isolation: 33.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
- Depression: 23.1%
- Poverty Rate: 19.3% (12.3–26.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 19.0%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Dixon city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 1,030 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Living Well Church of the Nazarene — 0 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Luke Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Dixon Christian Science Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Life Church of Dixon — 0.2 mi away
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St Patrick's Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away