West City First Baptist Church
West City First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in West City, IL 62812. It is one of 3 churches in West City, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
West City, IL, 62812West City 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 — 71,420 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.
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The community around West City First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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: 40.6%
- Social Isolation: 33.6%
- Depression: 23.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
- Child Poverty: 22.9% (7.7–38.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 19.3% (12.7–26.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near West City First Baptist Church
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away in Benton, IL
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in Benton, IL
- New Life Church of God — 0.5 mi away in Benton, IL
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.5 mi away in Benton, IL
- First Baptist Church of Benton — 0.5 mi away in Benton, IL
- Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away in Benton, IL
- Sabbath Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Benton, IL
- Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away in Benton, IL
- First Christian Church — 0.6 mi away in Benton, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Benton — 0.5 mi away in Benton, IL
- Sabbath Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Benton, IL
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Benton, IL
- Resurrection Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away in Benton, IL