West Acres Baptist Church
West Acres Baptist Church is a church at 1241 W Highway 49 in West Helena, AR 72390. It is one of 15 churches in West Helena.
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, 72390Phone: +18705721440 · Website: https://www.wabchwh.net/
West Acres Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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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