First Baptist Church of Pekin
First Baptist Church of Pekin is a Baptist church at 1145 E 5th St in Pekin, IN 47165-7808. It is one of 13 churches in Pekin, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
1145 E 5th St, Pekin, IN, 47165-7808Phone: (812) 967-4555 · Website: https://www.discoverpekin.com/business-directory/first-baptist-church-of-pekin/
First Baptist Church of Pekin 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.
Find First Baptist Church of Pekin on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
Upcoming events at First Baptist Church of Pekin
- Sat, Oct 3 · 3 PM: 250 Years of America with Live Music from Chicago Farmer — VFW Post 1232, 1232 Veterans Dr., Pekin, IL, 61554
- Sun, Oct 4 · 10 AM: Final First Sunday Market — Avanti’s Event Center, 3401 Griffin Ave, Pekin, IL, 61554, United States
- Fri, Oct 9 · 7 PM: 2nd Friday Comedy Series: Mandee McKelvey — Avanti’s Event Center, 3401 Griffin Ave, Pekin, IL, 61554, United States
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10 AM: Cards & Collectibles Show @ Parkside Fitness — Parkside Fitness, 300 Red Bud Drive, Pekin, 61554, United States
- Sat, Oct 17 · 11 AM: Downtown Trick or Treat — Court Street
From First Baptist Church of Pekin's public calendar (https://www.discoverpekin.com/business-directory/first-baptist-church-of-pekin/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around First Baptist Church of Pekin
It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Obesity: 40.8%
- Depression: 27.5%
- Social Isolation: 31.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Pekin
- Free Gospel Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
- Lear Hill Church — 0.8 mi away
- Pekin Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Pekin United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
- Mount Washington Church — 1.4 mi away
- Pekin United Methodist Church — 2.6 mi away
- Borden Church of Christ — 3.5 mi away in Borden, IN
- Emmanuel Church — 3.6 mi away in Borden, IN
- Martinsburg Church of Christ — 3.7 mi away in New Pekin, IN
- First Christian Church — 3.9 mi away in Borden, IN
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- church of Christ at Galena — 10.7 mi away in Floyds Knobs, IN