First Agape Baptist Church
First Agape Baptist Church is a Baptist church in New Orleans, LA 70125. It is one of 821 churches in New Orleans, and one of 262 Baptist congregations in the city.
First Agape Baptist Church believes We are not a perfect people, but we serve a perfect God. As Christians, we are dedicated to standing on our Faith, believing God can do the impossible. We believe in maintaining family and secret devotion; diligently studying the word of God; religiously educating our children; being kind and just to those in our employ, and faithful in the service we promise others.
New Orleans, LA, 70125First Agape Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Agape 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. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.
- Food Insecurity: 51.9%
- Poverty Rate: 50.5% (34.7–66.3%)
- Social Isolation: 45.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 38.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.3%
- Diabetes: 22.6%
- Unemployment: 16.4% (6.8–26.0%)
- Obesity: 44.6%
- Depression: 28.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (5.5–22.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.
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