First Central Baptist Church

First Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church at Chicopee, MA 01020 United States in Chicopee, MA 01020. It is one of 40 churches in Chicopee, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

We believe that it is important to be open and transparent about our beliefs and teachings.

Chicopee, MA 01020 United States, Chicopee, MA, 01020

Service times

  • Sunday 9:15am–10:15am · Service

Phone: (413) 592-5353 · Website: https://www.firstcentral.church/

First Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 468 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Massachusetts — 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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Latest from First Central Bible Church's YouTube channel: 9/13/26 - The Power of a Page - Philemon (all videos).

The community around First Central Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 38.0%
  • Depression: 28.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.5%
  • Unemployment: 9.1% (4.2–14.0%)
  • Obesity: 36.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Child Poverty: 24.7% (11.8–37.9%)
  • Poverty Rate: 20.6% (13.9–27.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%

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

Chicopee city is served by 23 churches — about one congregation for every 2,410 residents.

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