First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a church at 633 Main St in Gibsland, LA 71028. It is one of 6 churches in Gibsland.
633 Main St, Gibsland, LA, 71028Phone: (318) 385-7580 · Website: https://www.dennardfirstnational.com/obituary/james-laborde
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
It takes 6.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Child Poverty: 59.3% (41.6–77.1%)
- Obesity: 50.2%
- Food Insecurity: 37.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.6%
- Poverty Rate: 35.6% (26.3–45.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
- Diabetes: 24.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.9%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
- Depression: 25.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.2% (6.2–16.1%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Faith Memorial Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mount Lebanon Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Mount Lebanon, LA
- Springfield Church — 2.4 mi away in Mount Lebanon, LA
- Springville United Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
- Walker Church — 3.1 mi away
- Pleasant Hill Church — 3.7 mi away
- Taylor Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away in Taylor, LA
- Pratt Hill Church — 5.2 mi away
- New Fellowship Church — 5.3 mi away