First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 117 W 5th Ave in Roselle, NJ 07203. It is one of 22 churches in Roselle, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
The avowed purpose of this church is to save souls, to worship God, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to celebrate the ordinances; to realize Christian fellowship and unity within this Church and the Church Universal; to render loving service towards humankind and to strive for righteousness
117 W 5th Ave, Roselle, NJ, 07203Phone: (908) 241-0405 · Website: http://www.firstbaptistchurchoflinden.org/first-baptist-church-history.html
Shares a ministry location with First Presbyterian 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 — 71,418 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
- Floral Ministry
- Missionary Ministry
- Nurses Ministry
- Outreach Ministry
- Scholarship Ministry
- Transportation Ministry
- Ushers Ministry
- Music Ministry
- Liturgical Women's Dance Ministry
- Drama Ministry
- Men’s Ministry
- Women’s Ministry
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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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,500 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: 36.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
- Food Insecurity: 21.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
- Unemployment: 8.4% (5.1–11.6%)
- Child Poverty: 27.2% (10.5–45.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0 mi away
- Chestnut Street Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- El Shaddai Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Saint Joseph the Carpenter — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- 2nd Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Matthew Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Heard Ame Church — 0.5 mi away
- Agape House of Worship — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- 2nd Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Matthew Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Jesus Christ Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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