First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Newton, IL 62448. It is one of 12 churches in Newton.
Newton, IL, 62448First 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 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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: 32.8%
- Obesity: 39.9% (29.7–50.2%)
- Depression: 23.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
- Food Insecurity: 15.2%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Newton city is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 710 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Thomas Church — 0.1 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Life Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Newton Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Newton Free Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Scott Avenue Christian Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Beginnings Church — 1.2 mi away
- New Hope Newton — 3.4 mi away