First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church at 413 W Empire St in Freeport, IL 61032-6317. It is one of 63 churches in Freeport.
413 W Empire St, Freeport, IL, 61032-6317Phone: (815) 275-2188 · Website: http://www.fbcfreeport.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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 42.9%
- Social Isolation: 36.6%
- Food Insecurity: 20.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
- Depression: 23.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
- Poverty Rate: 16.9% (9.7–24.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
- Diabetes: 13.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
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- Our Redeemer Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Inspired Word Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
- Faith Center — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Embury United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
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- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
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- Second Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
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