Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 213 W. Fayette Ave., Effingham, IL, 62401.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Effingham, IL is a Baptist church. It is one of 3 Baptist congregations in Effingham.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 213 W. Fayette Ave. in Effingham, IL 62401. It is one of 31 churches in Effingham, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

OUR MISSIONFirst Baptist Church exists to glorify Godby making deep disciples of Jesus throughChrist-exalting worship, Word-saturated growth,Spirit-empowered service, and gospel-driven mission.

First Baptist Church exists to glorify God by making deep disciples of Jesus through Christ-exalting worship, Word-saturated growth, Spirit-empowered service, and gospel-driven mission.

213 W. Fayette Ave., Effingham, IL, 62401

Service times

Sunday 10am

Phone: (217) 342-3976 · Website: https://fbceffingham.com/

First 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 — 71,418 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 Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

Social Isolation: 32.5%
Child Poverty: 23.8% (9.0–38.6%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.1%

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

Churches near First Baptist Church

United Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Free Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
Centenary United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
Effingham Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
Saint Anthonys Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
Community of Christ Effingham — 0.4 mi away
Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
New Beginnings Church — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Southside Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
Crossroads Free Will Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
Watson Baptist Church — 6.7 mi away in Watson, IL
First Baptist Church — 11.5 mi away in Altamont, IL

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