Washington Park First Baptist Church
Washington Park First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Washington Park, IL 62204. It is one of 10 churches in Washington Park, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Washington Park, IL, 62204Washington Park 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 Washington Park First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.
- Obesity: 50.9%
- Food Insecurity: 40.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Unemployment: 14.5% (6.9–22.7%)
- Social Isolation: 39.6%
- Poverty Rate: 25.1% (10.3–40.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Washington Park village is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 395 residents.
Churches near Washington Park First Baptist Church
- House of Prayer To All Nations — 0 mi away
- Friendly Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Outreach Center — 0.2 mi away
- Centro Cristiano Gran Luz — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Rosemont Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mt Calvary Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Rosemont Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- St Mark Missionary Baptist — 0.9 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Fairmont Baptist Church — 1 mi away in Fairmont City, IL
- Lansdowne Baptist Church — 1 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
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