First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Long Branch, NJ 07740. It is one of 38 churches in Long Branch, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Long Branch, NJ, 07740

Website: http://www.firstbaptistlb.com/

First Baptist Church 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.

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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. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, 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.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.9% (12.1–33.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 33.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.6%
  • Obesity: 36.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%
  • Unemployment: 6.1% (2.6–9.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Long Branch city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 1,451 residents.

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