First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Melrose Park, IL 60160. It is one of 24 churches in Melrose Park.
Melrose Park, IL, 60160Website: https://firstbaptistchurchmp.com/
First 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.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 36.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 27.6%
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (8.3–24.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Obesity: 36.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
- Diabetes: 14.1%
- Unemployment: 6.9% (1.9–11.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Melrose Park village is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 2,020 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Maywood, IL
- United Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Maywood, IL
- Miracle Revival Center — 0.2 mi away in Maywood, IL
- Word of God — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Christian Center — 0.3 mi away in Maywood, IL
- True Vine Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away in Bellwood, IL
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church — 0.4 mi away
- Empowerment Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellwood, IL
- Saint Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellwood, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Maywood, IL
- United Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Maywood, IL
- Christian Unity Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Bellwood, IL
- Second Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Maywood, IL
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Maywood, IL
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