Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 6286 Linden Rd in Rockford, IL 61109-2814. It is one of 291 churches in Rockford, and one of 47 Baptist congregations in the city.
Calvary Baptist Church of Rockford was begun in 1956 in response to a desire of these Baptists to worship in a style and context familiar to their southern heritage.
Part of Southern Baptist Convention
6286 Linden Rd, Rockford, IL, 61109-2814Phone: (815) 874-4136 · Website: https://calvarybaptistrockford.com/
Calvary 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 — 71,420 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.
Ministries at Calvary Baptist Church
- Bible Studies
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The community around Calvary 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 have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,100 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: 34.6%
- Obesity: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
- Food Insecurity: 15.8%
- Unemployment: 7.2% (2.4–11.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Calvary Baptist Church
- Kishwaukee Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Rita Roman Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
- Creekwood Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Christ United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Our Masters United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church — 1.4 mi away
- Faith Wesleyan Church — 1.4 mi away
- Rock Church — 1.6 mi away
- The Way Church — 1.6 mi away in Cherry Valley, IL
- Calvary Church of Christ — 2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Kishwaukee Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Creekwood Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
- Cathedral Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away