Friendship General Baptist Church
Friendship General Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 319 W Main St in East Alton, IL 62024. It is one of 17 churches in East Alton.
Our VisionTo Know, Grow and Show Christ
At Friendship Church , we believe in the Holy Trinity, and that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, our Lord and Savior. We believe in the power of prayer and that through faith in God, all things are possible.
319 W Main St, East Alton, IL, 62024Phone: (618) 801-9228 · Website: http://friendshipgeneralbaptistchurch.info/
Friendship General Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,419 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 Friendship General Baptist Church
- Vacation Bible School
- Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
- Easter Egg Hunt
- Trunk or Treat
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The community around Friendship General 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 have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 41.6%
- Social Isolation: 35.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
- Child Poverty: 25.3% (5.7–44.9%)
- Depression: 24.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Food Insecurity: 19.3%
- Poverty Rate: 18.3% (9.1–27.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 15.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
East Alton village is served by 2 churches — about one congregation for every 2,288 residents.
Churches near Friendship General Baptist Church
- First Assembly of God — 0 mi away
- HEM New Life Center — 0.1 mi away
- Community Fellowship Church of God of Prophecy — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Tab. fountain Of Life — 0.8 mi away in Wood River, IL
- Faith Tabernacle Fountain of Life — 0.8 mi away in Wood River, IL
- East Alton First United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- New Wine Family Church — 1 mi away in Wood River, IL
- Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away in Wood River, IL
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 1.2 mi away in Alton, IL
- Faith Family Church — 1.6 mi away in Wood River, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away in Wood River, IL
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Alton, IL
- First Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Wood River, IL
- Brown Street Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Alton, IL
- Sanford Avenue Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Alton, IL
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