First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Virden, IL 62690. It is one of 13 churches in Virden.
Wheelchair accessible
Virden, IL, 62690Service times
- Sunday 9am · School begins
Website: http://www.virdenfirstbaptist.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 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 First Baptist Church
- Adult Bible Study
- Youth Ministries
- NorthMac Moms
- Faith In Action
- Missions
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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. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 32.7%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (2.5–16.2%)
- Obesity: 36.4%
- Depression: 23.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Virden city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 437 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Disciples of Christ First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ignite- Worship Saturday — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Brethren — 0.2 mi away
- Full Gospel Tabernacle — 0.3 mi away
- United Pentecostal Church of Virden — 0.3 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Southern Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- United Pentecostal Church of Virden — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Southern Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Girard, IL
- Auburn Baptist Church — 6.4 mi away in Auburn, IL
- Meadowbrook Baptist Church — 6.5 mi away in Auburn, IL