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 16 Baptist congregations in the city.
Welcome to Second Baptist Church! We are the oldest African-American church in Joliet, ministering in this area since 1880.Come, experience the joy in Christ Jesus at Second Baptist Church.May your experience with us refresh and ready you for the journey ahead.
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. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,417 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.
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
More Baptist churches nearby
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Joliet — 0.6 mi away
- Will County Baptist Temple — 0.8 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away