First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Newton, IL 62448. It is one of 16 churches in Newton, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Newton, IL, 62448

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 — 71,418 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 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.

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