First Baptist Church of Whiting
First Baptist Church of Whiting is a Baptist church in Hammond, IN 46394. It is one of 109 churches in Hammond, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.
Hammond, IN, 46394First Baptist Church of Whiting is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 71,872 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.
Find First Baptist Church of Whiting on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around First Baptist Church of Whiting
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
- Food Insecurity: 20.6%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Obesity: 39.5%
- Social Isolation: 31.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%
- Unemployment: 6.2% (2.1–10.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Hammond city is served by 65 churches — about one congregation for every 1,190 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Whiting
- Plymouth Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Whiting Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away in Whiting, IN
- Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away in Whiting, IN
- New Life Christian Church — 0.4 mi away in Whiting, IN
- Hungarian Reformed Church — 0.4 mi away in Whiting, IN
- First Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away in Whiting, IN
- Sacred Heart Church — 0.5 mi away in Whiting, IN
- Whiting United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in Whiting, IN
More Baptist churches nearby
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Whiting, IN
- Calvary Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Chicago, IL
- East Side Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away in Chicago, IL
- Trinity Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away