First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 163 Baptist congregations in the city.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802First Baptist Church 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
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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 30.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.2%
- Obesity: 40.5%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
- Poverty Rate: 27.9% (16.0–39.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Depression: 26.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
- Unemployment: 6.1% (1.6–10.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Area Offices United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Rock of the Word Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Zion First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Grace House Church — 0.4 mi away
- Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mount Zion First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church BR — 0.6 mi away
- True Vine Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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