First Bethlehem Baptist Church

First Bethlehem Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Alexandria, LA 71303. It is one of 179 churches in Alexandria, and one of 66 Baptist congregations in the city.

Alexandria, LA, 71303

First Bethlehem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,388 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 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 Bethlehem Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.

  • Social Isolation: 41.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 32.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
  • Obesity: 43.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.0% (13.2–34.7%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
  • Diabetes: 17.9%
  • Unemployment: 8.9% (2.2–15.7%)
  • Depression: 26.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.1%

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

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