First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church at 125 N Coanza in West Helena, AR 72390-2315. It is one of 18 churches in West Helena.

125 N Coanza, West Helena, AR, 72390-2315

Phone: (870) 572-6036 · Website: http://www.secondbaptistwh.org/our_staff

Shares a ministry location with Pettis Memorial Church.

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,152 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 71,420 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around 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 nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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: 62.3%
  • Obesity: 52.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 39.6% (28.8–50.4%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.2%
  • Diabetes: 22.9%
  • Unemployment: 18.3% (4.8–31.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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