First General Baptist Church

The community around First General Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Food Insecurity: 26.3%
• Unemployment: 14.5% (6.4–22.6%)
• Obesity: 41.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Child Poverty: 31.7% (17.3–48.0%)
• Depression: 30.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
• Poverty Rate: 24.5% (14.0–35.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
• Diabetes: 14.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (7.0–19.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Indianapolis city (balance) is served by 592 churches — about one congregation for every 1,486 residents.

Churches near First General Baptist Church

• Southwest Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mars View Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Gospel of Deliverance — 0.6 mi away
• Indianapolis Chapel West Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
• My Father's House COGIC — 0.7 mi away
• My Father's House — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
• General Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Marwood Southern Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• The Upper Room of Indianapolis Church — 0.8 mi away