First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Wood River, IL 62095. It is one of 18 churches in Wood River, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
Wood River, IL, 62095Website: https://fbcwoodriver.org/
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 First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 34.9%
- Obesity: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Food Insecurity: 15.1%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (0.0–14.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Wood River city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 882 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Wood River United Pentecostal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Angels Parish — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Family Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.8 mi away
- firstagonline — 0.8 mi away
- Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Roxana — 1.1 mi away in Roxana, IL
- First Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Hartford, IL
- Friendship General Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in East Alton, IL
- Connect Church — 3.1 mi away in South Roxana, IL
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