First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 111 Park Avenue in Worcester, MA 01609. It is one of 202 churches in Worcester, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.

111 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA, 01609

Shares a ministry location with Hope Restoration Ministry and Park Congregational Church.

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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 51.3%
  • Social Isolation: 42.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.2%
  • Depression: 31.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
  • Unemployment: 6.4% (1.4–11.4%)

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

Worcester city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 2,875 residents.

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