First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 628 South Church Street in Gibson City, IL 60936. It is one of 15 churches in Gibson City, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

628 South Church Street, Gibson City, IL, 60936

Phone: +1-217-784-5931

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.

Social Isolation: 33.5%
Unemployment: 8.4% (3.7–13.1%)
Obesity: 38.4%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
Depression: 23.3%
Food Insecurity: 16.8%
Diabetes: 14.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Gibson City city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 334 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
Gibson City Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
New Beginnings Christian Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
American Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
Gibson City United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
Gibson City Pentecostal Church — 0.8 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.9 mi away
Pillar and Ground Independent Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away

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