{"id":4,"date":"2021-04-14T14:29:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:24:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to First Baptist Church of Benton, Illinois.  We are a small congregation with a big, warm heart!<br>We invite you to worship with us at <strong>10:30 a.m. <\/strong>on <strong>Sundays<\/strong>.<br>Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. and visitors are always welcome. <br>Children&#8217;s Church and a Nursery are available as needed.<br>Our church also has an elevator, making it accessible for all. <br>Come for a visit any time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/?page_id=142\">Our latest newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/?page_id=681\">Events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/First-Baptist-Church-of-Benton-Illinois-61585471673618\/\">Visit our Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watch.thechosen.tv\/video\/184683596187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch new episodes of <em>The Chosen<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to First Baptist Church of Benton, Illinois. We are a small congregation with a big, warm heart!We invite you to worship with us at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays.Sunday School&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonfirstbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}