First Baptist Church

The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 100.0%
• Obesity: 56.1%
• Food Insecurity: 55.8%
• Poverty Rate: 50.4% (31.8–69.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.1%
• Social Isolation: 41.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 40.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 28.2%
• Diabetes: 27.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
• Unemployment: 7.9% (2.4–13.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

East St. Louis city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 249 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

• Divine Holiness Temple Church — 0 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Christian and Missionary Alliance Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bethel Christian Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Urban Outreach Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Lukes African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Charity Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Augustine of Hippo Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Mt Pisgah Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL