Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Kankakee, IL 60901. It is one of 73 churches in Kankakee, and one of 10 Baptist congregations in the city.

The Second Baptist Church is committed to meeting the physical and spiritual needs of mankind.

The Second Baptist Church has been committed to serving its community through ministry for over 100 years.

Kankakee, IL, 60901

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 — 71,418 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 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 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.

  • Obesity: 51.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.3%
  • Social Isolation: 40.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.5% (20.7–44.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 31.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
  • Diabetes: 19.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Kankakee city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 577 residents.

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