First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in West Frankfort, IL 62896. It is one of 39 churches in West Frankfort, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
West Frankfort, IL, 62896First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.1%
- Unemployment: 16.5% (3.6–29.5%)
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
- Poverty Rate: 27.0% (16.3–37.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 24.7%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Depression: 25.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
West Frankfort city is served by 21 churches — about one congregation for every 385 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Harvest Field Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Baptist Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Marks Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Glad Tidings Church — 0.4 mi away
- Rugged Cross Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away