First Southern Baptist Church

First Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1781 Howard Avenue in San Ysidro, CA 92173. It is one of 3 churches in San Ysidro.

1781 Howard Avenue, San Ysidro, CA, 92173

Shares a ministry location with Primera Iglesia Bautista de San Ysidro.

First Southern 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 Southern Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 33.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.9%
  • Social Isolation: 39.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.1% (10.1–24.2%)
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.7% (7.6–25.9%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

San Diego city is served by 527 churches — about one congregation for every 2,607 residents.

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