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.
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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