We are a family of faith made up of members from a wide diversity of ethnic, cultural, and racial backgrounds, yet we are joined together by the love of Christ. We are on the corner of Edwards and Livingston Streets, near Yale University, in the East Rock neighborhood, between Whitney Avenue and Orange Sreet. First Baptist Church (FBC) in New Haven is near downtown in a residential section of New
Haven. Many in our congregation are affiliated with Yale University. We live in New Haven and in the surrounding suburbs of Hamden, East Haven, West Haven, Milford and Cheshire. We are a diverse congregation and our population is comprised of mixed ages, ethnic and educational backgrounds and professions. Carrying forward the tradition of its inter-racial founding, FBC is today a living testimony to the Apostle Paul’s claim that “we are all one in Christ.” Recent members have hailed from Poland, Liberia, Taiwan, Romania, Chile, Jamaica, Haiti, Myanmar (Burma), Guyana, Greece, Belarus, India, Congo and throughout the United States, proclaiming together the glory of God and the transforming, reconciling power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are a congregation affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of Connecticut and of the USA. We support the ministries of the Interfaith Cooperative Ministries and Christian Community Action Agency in New Haven.
