First Park Baptist Church

First Park Baptist Church is a church at 315 W 7th St in Plainfield, NJ 07060-1511. It is one of 79 churches in Plainfield.

315 W 7th St, Plainfield, NJ, 07060-1511

Phone: (908) 756-5322 · Website: https://www.fpbcplainfield.org/

Shares a ministry location with First Christian Assembly Church.

First Park 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.

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The community around First Park Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 48.2% (30.5–65.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 47.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 39.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 37.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 37.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
  • Unemployment: 13.9% (3.5–25.3%)
  • Social Isolation: 39.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.9% (17.9–41.9%)
  • Diabetes: 15.8%
  • Obesity: 39.8%

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

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