First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 8770 Lupine Loop Drive in California City, CA 93505. It is one of 13 churches in California City, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

8770 Lupine Loop Drive, California City, CA, 93505

First 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 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 a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.2%
  • Unemployment: 24.5% (13.7–35.3%)
  • Obesity: 40.2%
  • Social Isolation: 37.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.0% (11.0–33.1%)
  • Diabetes: 16.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
  • Depression: 24.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

California City city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 2,157 residents.

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