First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Monroe, MI 48162. It is one of 85 churches in Monroe, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

Monroe, MI, 48162

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 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 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.

  • Obesity: 43.0%
  • Social Isolation: 33.6%
  • Depression: 28.7%
  • Unemployment: 8.3% (2.6–14.0%)
  • Child Poverty: 24.5% (9.8–39.3%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.9% (10.7–27.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 17.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.2%

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

Monroe city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 626 residents.

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