First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Jersey City, NJ 07306. It is one of 204 churches in Jersey City, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
Jersey City, NJ, 07306Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
Shares a ministry location with The Eastern Christian Free Methodist Church.
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 706 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Jersey — 71,417 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
- Adult Bible Study
- Children's Ministry
- Prayer Group
- Women's Group
- ESL - Learn English
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 4,000 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 33.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Poverty Rate: 19.3% (10.2–28.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Jersey City city is served by 102 churches — about one congregation for every 2,822 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- The Eastern Christian Free Methodist Church — 0 mi away
- Crossroad Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Chapel of Saint Peter — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Gospel Haven Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Korean Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tapestry Church — 0.2 mi away
- Freedom Church Jersey City — 0.2 mi away
- Good Shepherd Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Old Bergen Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Salem Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mt Olive Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Bethesda Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
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