First American Baptist Church
First American Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 425 Heber Avenue in Calexico, CA 92231. It is one of 24 churches in Calexico, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
425 Heber Avenue, Calexico, CA, 92231First American Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,885 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,872 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 American Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 47.9%
- Food Insecurity: 47.6%
- Poverty Rate: 38.4% (23.4–53.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 33.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 32.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.4%
- Diabetes: 23.3%
- Unemployment: 20.8% (7.8–33.7%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
- Obesity: 39.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Calexico city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 1,848 residents.
Churches near First American Baptist Church
- First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- American Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church — 0.2 mi away
- Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Generacion Victoriosa Calexico — 0.3 mi away
- Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Chinese Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Imperial Valley Chinese Baptist — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Chinese Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Imperial Valley Chinese Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- Sweet Home Baptist Church — 8.8 mi away in El Centro, CA
- Second Baptist Church — 8.8 mi away in El Centro, CA
- Central Baptist Church — 8.9 mi away in El Centro, CA
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