First Baptist Church of Cranford-Elizabethtown
First Baptist Church of Cranford-Elizabethtown is a Baptist church at 402 Union Ave in Elizabeth, NJ 07208-3210. It is one of 135 churches in Elizabeth, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
The purpose and mission of the First Baptist Church of Cranford/Elizabeth is to proclaim the Word of God by inviting and welcoming all in the local community and beyond, faithfully sharing the love of God through evangelism, witnessing and mission.
We are the First Baptist Church of Cranford/Elizabeth located at 402 Union Avenue in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
402 Union Ave, Elizabeth, NJ, 07208-3210Service times
Thursdays of the month from 8am (as listed)
Phone: +19083520519 · Website: http://FBCCE.org/
Shares a ministry location with First Baptist Church.
First Baptist Church of Cranford-Elizabethtown is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 728 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Jersey — 71,872 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church of Cranford-Elizabethtown
- Food Pantry
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The community around First Baptist Church of Cranford-Elizabethtown
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,600 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: 35.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 27.0% (18.2–35.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.8%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 15.4%
- Unemployment: 10.7% (3.3–18.1%)
- Obesity: 37.1%
- Child Poverty: 23.9% (7.2–41.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (10.7–27.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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