First Southern Baptist Church of Reading

First Southern Baptist Church of Reading is a Baptist church in Reading, OH 45215. It is one of 10 churches in Reading.

Reading, OH, 45215

First Southern Baptist Church of Reading is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,344 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Ohio — 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 Southern Baptist Church of Reading

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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 35.2%
  • Depression: 28.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.2%
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Unemployment: 9.9% (3.7–16.2%)
  • Obesity: 39.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.2% (9.6–30.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Reading city is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 2,904 residents.

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