Where is First Gethsemane Baptist Church located?

First Gethsemane Baptist Church is at 1159 Algonquin Pkwy, Louisville, KY, 40208-1618.

What time are services at First Gethsemane Baptist Church?

First Gethsemane Baptist Church meets Wednesday at 12pm (noon); Wednesday at 6:30pm (noon). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Gethsemane Baptist Church?

First Gethsemane Baptist Church in Louisville, KY is a Baptist church. It is one of 189 Baptist congregations in Louisville.

First Gethsemane Baptist Church

First Gethsemane Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1159 Algonquin Pkwy in Louisville, KY 40208-1618. It is one of 838 churches in Louisville, and one of 189 Baptist congregations in the city.

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1159 Algonquin Pkwy, Louisville, KY, 40208-1618

Service times

Wednesday 12pm · noon
Wednesday 6:30pm · noon

Phone: (502) 635-7906 · Website: http://www.1stgchurch.org/

First Gethsemane Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,797 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Kentucky — 71,420 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.

Ministries at First Gethsemane Baptist Church

Men's Ministry
Sisters in Spirit
Children
Music Ministry
Security Ministry
Marriage Ministry
Usher Ministry
Young Adult
Committed Achievers
Dance Ministry
Youth
Media Ministry

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The community around First Gethsemane Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

Child Poverty: 87.8%
Poverty Rate: 64.1%
Obesity: 53.0%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.6%
Unemployment: 27.8% (13.9–41.8%)
Diabetes: 22.2%
Depression: 29.4%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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