First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Park Forest, IL 60466. It is one of 28 churches in Park Forest.
Park Forest, IL, 60466Website: http://www.fbcparkforest.org
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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 31.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.1%
- Obesity: 40.4%
- Social Isolation: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
- Diabetes: 17.0%
- Poverty Rate: 19.9% (10.8–29.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Park Forest village is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 1,319 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Destined To Win Christian Center — 0.4 mi away
- Kingdom Church International — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- All Nations Worship Assembly — 0.6 mi away
- Hallelujah Temple Ministries — 0.6 mi away
- Reach A Village — 0.7 mi away
- Grace City Church Chicago — 0.7 mi away
- First Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Rehoboth Ministries — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Paul's - Good Shepherd Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Life Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away in Chicago Heights, IL
- Midwest Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Chicago Heights, IL
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in South Chicago Heights, IL
- Temple Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in South Chicago Heights, IL
- Sauk Trail Baptist Temple — 2.2 mi away in Richton Park, IL
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