First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church at 91 Whittaker St in Riverside, NJ 08075-3957. It is one of 9 churches in Riverside.
Serving since 1926
91 Whittaker St, Riverside, NJ, 08075-3957Phone: +16095511046 · Website: http://www.firstb.org
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Social Isolation: 31.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.7%
- Poverty Rate: 19.4% (10.4–28.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (7.7–20.6%)
- Unemployment: 6.4% (1.9–10.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Johns Church — 0.1 mi away
- A New Hope Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Igreja Universal — 0.3 mi away in Delran Twp, NJ
- Gospel Mission — 0.3 mi away
- First Moravian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Stephens Church — 0.5 mi away
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- River Church Jersey — 0.6 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away in Delran, NJ