First Baptist Church of El Centro
First Baptist Church of El Centro is a Baptist church at 724 West Orange Avenue in El Centro, CA 92243. It is one of 68 churches in El Centro, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
724 West Orange Avenue, El Centro, CA, 92243Website: https://fbcelcentro.org/
Shares a ministry location with Shadai Int'l Church.
First Baptist Church of El Centro 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 of El Centro
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,200 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: 34.9%
- Food Insecurity: 33.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.5%
- Social Isolation: 39.0%
- Child Poverty: 34.3% (17.6–51.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Poverty Rate: 25.6% (16.1–35.1%)
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Unemployment: 8.5% (3.8–13.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 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 of El Centro
- Shadai Int'l Church — 0 mi away in Holtville, CA
- Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Foursquare Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Science Society — 0.1 mi away
- Potter's House Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away in Imperial, CA
- Christ Community Church Main Sanctuary — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Central Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Sweet Home Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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