West Frankfort First Baptist
West Frankfort First Baptist is a Baptist church in West Frankfort, IL. It is one of 39 churches in West Frankfort, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
The vision of First Baptist Church | West Frankfort, IL is create a community of authentic believers and to witness a city transformed by the life changing reality of the gospel, as people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
West Frankfort, ILPhone: (618) 932-2105 · Website: https://fbcwestfrankfort.org/
West Frankfort First Baptist 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 West Frankfort First Baptist
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, 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: 45.1%
- Poverty Rate: 30.8% (19.4–42.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 25.1%
- Unemployment: 15.6% (3.5–27.6%)
- Social Isolation: 35.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Child Poverty: 27.4% (12.3–42.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Depression: 26.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near West Frankfort First Baptist
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Southern Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Johns Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Northern Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Heights Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Apostolic Faith Assembly Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Calvary Southern Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Northern Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Grace Baptist Fellowship — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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