First Baptist Church of Joliet
First Baptist Church of Joliet is a Baptist church in Joliet, IL 60432. It is one of 161 churches in Joliet, and one of 13 Baptist congregations in the city.
Joliet, IL, 60432Shares a ministry location with New Canaan Land Christian Church.
First Baptist Church of Joliet is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 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 of Joliet
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 51.3%
- Food Insecurity: 44.8%
- Social Isolation: 40.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 28.6% (15.1–42.1%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.2%
- Diabetes: 18.3%
- Unemployment: 13.9% (2.6–25.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
- Poverty Rate: 30.0% (21.5–38.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 21.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Joliet city is served by 62 churches — about one congregation for every 2,255 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Joliet
- New Canaan Land Christian Church — 0 mi away
- Redeemed Connection Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Prayer Tower Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- New Testament Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Saint Anthony — 0.2 mi away
- Glory Tabernacle Church — 0.2 mi away
- Santa Cruz Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Elwood Community Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Will County Baptist Temple — 1.4 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Mt Moriah Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away