First Baptist Church of University Park
First Baptist Church of University Park is a Baptist church at 450 University Parkway in University Park, IL 60484. It is one of 2 churches in University Park.
450 University Parkway, University Park, IL, 60484Website: https://fbc-up.org/
First Baptist Church of University Park is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,173 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,350 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 of University Park
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 48.4%
- Social Isolation: 40.4%
- Food Insecurity: 27.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (2.9–16.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
- Diabetes: 13.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
University Park village is served by 3 churches — about one congregation for every 5,171 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of University Park
- Faith Movers Church — 0.6 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Community Church — 1.3 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Saint Mary's Church — 1.4 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- The Word Worship Center — 1.8 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Hope Lutheran Church — 1.8 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Celebration Ministries — 1.9 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Grace United Protestant Church — 2 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Church of the Holy Family — 2 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Abundant Life Church — 2.3 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Saint Irenaeus Church — 2.3 mi away in Park Forest, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church of Crete — 2.6 mi away in Crete, IL
- Temple Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in South Chicago Heights, IL
- First Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Park Forest, IL
- Sauk Trail Baptist Temple — 3.4 mi away in Richton Park, IL
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in South Chicago Heights, IL