First Baptist Church of Metropolis
First Baptist Church of Metropolis is a church in Metropolis, IL 62960. It is one of 44 churches in Metropolis.
Metropolis, IL, 62960First Baptist Church of Metropolis is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,874 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 of Metropolis
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: 42.9%
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
- Food Insecurity: 21.6%
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Metropolis city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 283 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Metropolis
- Metropolis Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lutheran Church of the Cross — 0.4 mi away
- World of Pentecost Upc Church — 0.5 mi away
- Grace Church Metropolis — 0.6 mi away
- Just-By-Faith — 0.9 mi away
- Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.9 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Weaver Creek Church — 1 mi away
- Mount Horeb Freewilll Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Broadway Church of Christ — 1.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Grace Church Metropolis — 0.6 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Mount Horeb Freewilll Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- First Missionary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
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