First Park Memorial Baptist Church

First Park Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Springfield, MA 01108. It is one of 196 churches in Springfield, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.

Springfield, MA, 01108

Shares a ministry location with Straitway to Heaven Church of God in Christ.

First Park Memorial Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Park Memorial Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.

  • Child Poverty: 72.4% (54.1–90.6%)
  • Poverty Rate: 41.1% (28.3–53.9%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 37.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
  • Obesity: 41.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
  • Diabetes: 15.4%
  • Depression: 26.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Springfield city is served by 95 churches — about one congregation for every 1,634 residents.

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