First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in El Centro, CA 92243. It is one of 69 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.
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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