Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 1500 Iberia St, Franklin, LA, 70538-4630.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 9am (thru). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Franklin, LA is a Southern Baptist church.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church at 1500 Iberia St in Franklin, LA 70538-4630. It is one of 32 churches in Franklin.

At First Baptist Church of Franklin, we have a simple hope: to see people come to know Jesus Christ and grow in their Christian faith.

Part of Gulf Coast Baptist Association

1500 Iberia St, Franklin, LA, 70538-4630

Service times

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am · thru

Phone: (337) 828-3952 · Website: http://fbchurchfranklin.net/

First 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 — 71,418 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.

Find First Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

Obesity: 50.1%
Food Insecurity: 37.1%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
Poverty Rate: 31.0% (16.9–45.0%)
Housing Insecurity: 25.3%
Diabetes: 23.2%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
Social Isolation: 39.9%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
Depression: 26.7%

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

Churches near First Baptist Church

Saint Jules Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
Triumph Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Triune Church Of God In Christ — 0.4 mi away
Lighthouse Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
First Pentecostal Church — 0.5 mi away
Crossing Place Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
Faith Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.8 mi away
House of Prayer and Christian Fellowship — 0.9 mi away
Saint Marys Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Triumph Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Faith Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Special Providence Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Baldwin, LA
Baldwin Baptist Mission — 3.7 mi away in Baldwin, LA
Little Pass Baptist Church — 5.9 mi away in Charenton, LA

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