First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 315 West Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo, MI 49007. It is one of 157 churches in Kalamazoo, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our Mission:"To pledge our lives to Christ and to covenant with each other. To demonstrate as disciples His spirit through worship, witness, and ministry to the needs of the people of His church and our community. We invite and welcome all to be included within our fellowship."

315 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007

Website: https://www.fbckazoo.org/

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

Ministries at First Baptist Church

  • Refugee Family Outreach

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 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 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.

  • Child Poverty: 95.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 44.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 26.3%
  • Obesity: 44.4%
  • Social Isolation: 37.3%
  • Depression: 31.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
  • Unemployment: 9.8% (3.6–16.0%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.1%

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

Kalamazoo city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 2,845 residents.

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