First Baptist Church of Arcadia

First Baptist Church of Arcadia is a Baptist church at 2249 Hazel Street in Arcadia, LA 71001. It is one of 21 churches in Arcadia, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our church is focused toward missions and spiritual growth.

Who We Are & What We Believe In 1847, Bethel Baptist Church, now First Baptist Church of Arcadia was established near Arcadia, Louisiana.

Part of Southern Baptist Convention

2249 Hazel Street, Arcadia, LA, 71001

Service times

  • Sunday 9:15am · AMFIRST Connection all ages
  • Sunday 5pm · PMChoir Rehearsal

Phone: (318) 263-8474 · Website: https://www.firstarcadia.org/

First Baptist Church of Arcadia is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,417 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 Arcadia

In the few miles around this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 62.3% (43.5–81.1%)
  • Obesity: 50.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.4% (29.6–51.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 40.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
  • Diabetes: 24.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
  • Social Isolation: 39.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.3%
  • Depression: 25.1%

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

Arcadia town is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 699 residents.

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