First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church at 7642 Gould Street in Detroit, MI 48209. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit.

7642 Gould Street, Detroit, MI, 48209

Website: http://firstbaptistsouthwest.org/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,819 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Michigan — 71,418 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 about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 44.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.5% (18.0–43.1%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.2%
  • Obesity: 41.5%
  • Social Isolation: 36.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (6.6–27.2%)
  • Diabetes: 16.2%
  • Unemployment: 9.4% (3.1–15.6%)
  • Child Poverty: 27.8% (13.1–42.5%)
  • Depression: 24.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

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