First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 210 South 5th Street in Reading, PA 19602. It is one of 137 churches in Reading, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.

210 South 5th Street, Reading, PA, 19602

Service times

  • Sunday 11am

Phone: +1 610-375-2211 · Website: https://fbcreading.wixsite.com/fbcreadingpa

Shares a ministry location with Bridge to New Life Christian Fellowship.

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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 57.6% (38.9–76.2%)
  • Obesity: 47.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.1% (28.2–52.0%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 28.8%
  • Diabetes: 20.7%
  • Unemployment: 14.4% (7.4–21.5%)
  • Depression: 24.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Reading city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 1,433 residents.

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