First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Herrin, IL 62948. It is one of 28 churches in Herrin, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
Herrin, IL, 62948First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Student Ministry
- Good News Club
- Children's Ministry
- Children's Church
- Adult Ministries
- Senior Adult Ministry
- Music Ministry
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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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 42.5%
- Social Isolation: 34.8%
- Child Poverty: 27.2% (10.9–43.6%)
- Depression: 25.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
- Poverty Rate: 20.7% (12.6–28.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.8%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Herrin city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 529 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Apostolic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.5 mi away
- Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of God — 0.6 mi away