First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Rome, NY 13440. It is one of 58 churches in Rome, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
Rome, NY, 13440First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,495 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 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 4 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 41.2%
- Food Insecurity: 33.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
- Obesity: 44.7%
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
- Depression: 24.7%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (0.8–13.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Rome city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 970 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
- Ninde Memorial Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Free Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Carney Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- The Alliance Church — 0.2 mi away
- God's Missionary Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Carney Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Bible Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away