West Acres Baptist Church
West Acres Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1241 W Highway 49 in West Helena, AR 72390. It is one of 18 churches in West Helena, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.
our mission is simple: to glorify God by making disciples of all nations, beginning right here in our own community.
Welcome to West Acres Baptist Church — we’re glad you’re here! At West Acres Baptist Church, we are a Christ-centered, Bible-believing church with a heart for people and a passion for the gospel.
Part of Southern Baptist Convention
1241 W Highway 49, West Helena, AR, 72390Service times
- Sunday 11am
Phone: (870) 572-1440 · Website: https://www.wabchwh.net/
West Acres 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 — 71,417 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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Upcoming events at West Acres Baptist Church
- Sun, Sep 27 · 11 AM: Sunday Worship
- Sun, Sep 27 · 11 AM: Worship Service — West Acres Baptist Church
From West Acres Baptist Church's public calendar (https://www.wabchwh.net/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around West Acres 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. More than half of 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: 58.9%
- Obesity: 51.6%
- Food Insecurity: 41.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.0%
- Poverty Rate: 38.9% (28.6–49.1%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.8%
- Diabetes: 22.6%
- Unemployment: 18.7% (5.4–31.9%)
- Social Isolation: 40.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.8%
- Depression: 23.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near West Acres Baptist Church
- Twin City Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- United Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- West Helena Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Harmony Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- The Church of the Living God — 0.7 mi away
- Antioch Church — 0.8 mi away in Helena-West Helena, AR
- Upper Room Pentecostal Church — 1.1 mi away
- True Vine Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Pettis Memorial Church — 1.3 mi away in Helena-West Helena, AR
More Baptist churches nearby
- Harmony Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Helena-West Helena 2nd Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Helena-West Helena, AR
- Second Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- West Helena Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in Helena-West Helena, AR
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