First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in El Centro, CA 92243. It is one of 68 churches in El Centro, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
El Centro, CA, 92243Shares a ministry location with Central Baptist Church.
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,843 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,418 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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: 30.2%
- Food Insecurity: 27.3%
- Social Isolation: 37.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.6% (15.0–24.9%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
- Poverty Rate: 20.2% (9.9–30.6%)
- Diabetes: 14.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (3.3–12.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
El Centro city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 842 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Central Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- First United Pentecostal Church of El Centro — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.5 mi away
- Come Unto Christ in the Imperial Valley — 0.5 mi away
- Sister Servants Of The Blessed Sacrament — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Seventh Day Adventist School — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church of El Centro — 0.8 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Sweet Home Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Imperial, CA
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