First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Fort Wayne, IN 46807. It is one of 361 churches in Fort Wayne, and one of 19 Baptist congregations in the city.

Fort Wayne, IN, 46807

Website: http://www.firstbaptistfw.com/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,270 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 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 First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,300 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: 49.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 35.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.2% (20.3–44.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
  • Social Isolation: 36.4%
  • Depression: 29.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
  • Diabetes: 16.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (9.3–23.1%)
  • Unemployment: 11.8% (6.4–17.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
  • Child Poverty: 23.1% (10.8–35.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Fort Wayne city is served by 114 churches — about one congregation for every 2,089 residents.

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