First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 3640 Roll Ave in Cincinnati, OH 45223-2705. It is one of 766 churches in Cincinnati, and one of 122 Baptist congregations in the city.

In 1813 eleven persons united in forming a Baptist Church, which they called "The First Baptist Church of Cincinnati."

3640 Roll Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45223-2705

Phone: (513) 681-3100 · Website: https://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/oh.fbc.cincy.history.html

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,342 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Ohio — 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 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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: 63.6% (44.3–82.5%)
  • Obesity: 48.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 45.2% (31.8–58.6%)
  • Food Insecurity: 42.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.1%
  • Unemployment: 30.2% (18.3–42.2%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.8%
  • Diabetes: 20.0%
  • Social Isolation: 39.1%
  • Depression: 27.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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