First Baptist Church of Benton
First Baptist Church of Benton is a Baptist church at 201 Bellvue St in Benton, LA 71006-9550. It is one of 27 churches in Benton, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to bring Jesus Christ to our community and the world. We strive to fulfill The Great Commission.
201 Bellvue St, Benton, LA, 71006-9550Phone: (318) 965-2351 · Website: https://www.fbcbenton.net/
First Baptist Church of Benton is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,352 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 Baptist Church of Benton
- Children's Worship
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The community around First Baptist Church of Benton
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 44.0%
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
- Food Insecurity: 23.9%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Child Poverty: 27.6% (9.2–46.3%)
- Depression: 26.8%
- Poverty Rate: 20.0% (11.1–28.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Benton
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Elizabeth Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mary-Queen of Heaven Chapel — 1.3 mi away
- North Calvary Tabernacle — 1.4 mi away
- Believers Worship Center Assemblies of God — 2.3 mi away
- Benton United Methodist Church — 3.4 mi away
- Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away
- Saint Jude Catholic Church — 3.8 mi away
- New Zion Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 3.8 mi away
- Lenwood Church — 3.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Elizabeth Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away
- Cypress Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 5.6 mi away in Shreveport, LA