Beech Street First Baptist Church

Beech Street First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 601 Beech Street in Texarkana, AR 71854. It is one of 87 churches in Texarkana, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.

Beech Street FBC has a long, proud history of serving the community of Texarkana.

601 Beech Street, Texarkana, AR, 71854

Phone: +1-870-774-5165 · Website: https://beechstreetfbc.org/

Beech Street First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Beech Street First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 63.8% (47.7–79.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 37.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 37.1% (25.3–48.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.4%
  • Diabetes: 18.6%
  • Obesity: 44.6%
  • Social Isolation: 36.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.1%
  • Unemployment: 8.5% (1.6–16.2%)
  • Depression: 25.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.0% (8.5–21.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Texarkana city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 717 residents.

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