First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Metropolis, IL 62960. It is one of 28 churches in Metropolis, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
Metropolis, IL, 62960Shares a ministry location with Ohio Valley Baptist Church.
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 42.5%
- Social Isolation: 35.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
- Food Insecurity: 20.7%
- Diabetes: 15.3%
- Depression: 23.7%
- Poverty Rate: 16.1% (8.9–23.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Metropolis city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 283 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Ohio Valley Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Rose of Family Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Eastland Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Horeb Freewilll Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Broadway Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away