First Baptist Church of Jesus Christ

First Baptist Church of Jesus Christ is a church at 3600 Avenue M NW in Winter Haven, FL 33881-2283. It is one of 132 churches in Winter Haven.

3600 Avenue M NW, Winter Haven, FL, 33881-2283

Phone: +18639676665 · Website: https://www.firstbaptistchurchoflucernepark.org

First Baptist Church of Jesus Christ is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,713 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Florida — 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 Jesus Christ

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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.

  • Obesity: 47.4%
  • Child Poverty: 46.9% (29.7–64.2%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.5% (20.4–40.6%)
  • Diabetes: 18.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.6% (12.8–24.4%)
  • Unemployment: 8.3% (3.0–13.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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