First Baptist Church of Los Angeles

First Baptist Church of Los Angeles is a Baptist church at 760 South Westmoreland Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90005. It is one of 2,154 churches in Los Angeles, and one of 139 Baptist congregations in the city.

We are called to be a community of faith, a welcome table, that celebrates the rich diversity of its membership as it serves and honors the diverse cultural and ethnic nature of Los Angeles and surrounding communities.

Serving since 1874

760 South Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90005

Phone: 213-384-2151 · Website: https://fbcofla.org/

First Baptist Church of Los Angeles is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Baptist Church of Los Angeles

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 3,800 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.

  • Child Poverty: 65.2% (45.6–84.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 44.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 35.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.1% (20.7–43.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.2% (12.4–26.1%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
  • Diabetes: 14.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Los Angeles city is served by 867 churches — about one congregation for every 4,457 residents.

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