First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Brockton, MA 02301. It is one of 106 churches in Brockton, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

Brockton, MA, 02301

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Massachusetts — 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.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.

  • Social Isolation: 41.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
  • Unemployment: 10.6% (2.2–19.0%)
  • Obesity: 36.4%
  • Depression: 25.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.5%

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

Brockton city is served by 35 churches — about one congregation for every 2,991 residents.

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