First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1400 John Fitch Highway in Fitchburg, MA 01420. It is one of 50 churches in Fitchburg, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
1400 John Fitch Highway, Fitchburg, MA, 01420Website: http://www.firstbaptistfitchburg.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 38.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
- Depression: 26.6%
- Food Insecurity: 19.1%
- Poverty Rate: 17.2% (9.5–24.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 15.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Fitchburg city is served by 35 churches — about one congregation for every 1,189 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Gospel Gateway — 0.3 mi away
- Emanuel Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Camillus Church — 0.5 mi away
- Messiah Lutheran Church Missouri Synod — 0.7 mi away
- Elm Street Congregational Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Parish Church of Fitchburg — 1.1 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Church — 1.1 mi away
- First Church of God in Christ — 1.1 mi away
- Casa de Gracia y Restauración — 1.2 mi away
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church — 1.2 mi away