Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Joliet, IL 60436. It is one of 161 churches in Joliet, and one of 13 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1997 · Part of Illinois Baptist General State Convention
Joliet, IL, 60436Service times
- Sunday 8:30am · School
- Sunday 10:30am · Worship
- Tuesday 6pm
Second Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Second Baptist Church
- Anti-Violence Program
- Praise Dance Ministry
- Women's Retreat
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The community around Second Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 53.6% (37.3–69.9%)
- Obesity: 52.3%
- Food Insecurity: 43.4%
- Poverty Rate: 37.4% (26.4–48.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 18.1%
- Unemployment: 15.8% (4.9–26.8%)
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.8% (7.7–32.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Joliet city is served by 62 churches — about one congregation for every 2,255 residents.
Churches near Second Baptist Church
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Mark CME Church - Joliet, Il — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Marks Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church (Joliet, Illinois) — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Glory International Harvest Church — 0.4 mi away
- All Saints Greek Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away
- Elwood Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Glory Tabernacle Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Saint Anthony — 0.4 mi away