Greater First Church Baptist
Greater First Church Baptist is a Baptist church at 4669 Groom Rd in Baker, LA 70714-3050. It is one of 33 churches in Baker, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
4669 Groom Rd, Baker, LA, 70714-3050Service times
- Sunday 11am · School
Phone: +12257784788 · Website: https://greaterfirstchurchbaptist.com/
Greater First Church Baptist 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.
Ministries at Greater First Church Baptist
- Deacon Ministry
- Deaconess Ministry
- Leadership Advisory Council
- Youth Advisory Council
- Music Ministry
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The community around Greater First Church Baptist
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 29.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
- Unemployment: 16.7% (8.5–25.0%)
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 39.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
- Diabetes: 17.3%
- Depression: 23.4%
- Poverty Rate: 19.1% (9.1–29.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Greater First Church Baptist
- Love Fellowship Ministry — 0.1 mi away
- Baker Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- Harding Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Praise and Worship Center House — 0.6 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Wisdom — 0.6 mi away
- Redeemer Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Beginnings Baptist Fellowship Church — 0.8 mi away
- Baker Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
- Rose Hill Church — 1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Harding Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Beginnings Baptist Fellowship Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Baker — 1 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Circle Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away