First General Baptist Church

First General Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 810 West Sloan Street in Harrisburg, IL 62946. It is one of 26 churches in Harrisburg, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

810 West Sloan Street, Harrisburg, IL, 62946

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

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The community around First General 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 a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 40.4%
  • Social Isolation: 33.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.0% (12.4–33.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
  • Depression: 23.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 17.0%
  • Diabetes: 14.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.9% (2.3–11.5%)

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

Harrisburg city is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 1,700 residents.

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