Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 673 Oakwood Avenue, Lake Forest, IL, 60045.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Wednesday at 6:30pm (Bible Study - Praise Team Rehearsal -); Wednesday at 7:30pm (Bible Study - Praise Team Rehearsal -). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Lake Forest, IL is a Baptist church.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 673 Oakwood Avenue in Lake Forest, IL 60045. It is one of 14 churches in Lake Forest.

673 Oakwood Avenue, Lake Forest, IL, 60045

Service times

Wednesday 6:30pm · Bible Study - Praise Team Rehearsal -
Wednesday 7:30pm · Bible Study - Praise Team Rehearsal -

Phone: (847) 234-2770 · Website: http://fbclf.org/

First Baptist Church 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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Latest from Burton Vezina II's YouTube channel: 7/22/2026 "AUDIO ONLY" The Word on Wednesday at Lake Forest Baptist Church. Revelation 20:11-15 (all videos).

The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 10 the people here were born in another country, and about 1 in 20 travel more than an hour to work. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

Social Isolation: 28.4%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Lake Forest city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 1,576 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Saint Mary's Church — 0.2 mi away
Church of St. Mary — 0.2 mi away
Church of the Holy Spirit — 0.4 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
Lily Reid Holt Chapel — 0.7 mi away
Iglesia Cristiana Fuente de Amor — 1.1 mi away
Faith Lutheran Church — 1.1 mi away
Christ Church — 1.7 mi away
Saint James Lutheran Church — 1.8 mi away
Union Church of Lake Bluff — 1.8 mi away in Lake Bluff, IL

More Baptist churches nearby

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Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in North Chicago, IL
Christian Valley Missionary Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away in North Chicago, IL
First Corinthian Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away in North Chicago, IL
Hillcrest Baptist Church — 5.7 mi away in North Chicago, IL

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