First General Baptist Church
First General Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Rochelle, IL 61068. It is one of 24 churches in Rochelle, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Rochelle, IL, 61068Website: http://fgbcrochelle.org/
First General 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 General Baptist Church
In the few miles around 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 have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 43.0%
- Social Isolation: 35.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
- Food Insecurity: 19.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (2.5–10.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Rochelle city is served by 9 churches — about one congregation for every 350 residents.
Churches near First General Baptist Church
- United Methodist Church Reginl — 0.5 mi away
- Foursquare Gospel Church — 0.6 mi away
- Rochelle United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Rochelle Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Living Water Community Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Hope Fellowship — 1 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 1.1 mi away
- Saint Jude Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Rochelle Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Harvest Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
- Hillcrest Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Hillcrest, IL
- New Beginnings Baptist Church — 6 mi away in Creston, IL