First Emmanuel Baptist Church

First Emmanuel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gretna, LA 70053. It is one of 60 churches in Gretna, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.

Gretna, LA, 70053

Website: http://firstemanuelbaptistchurch.org/

First Emmanuel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Emmanuel Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 51.4%
  • Social Isolation: 41.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 40.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.6% (16.2–45.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.9%
  • Diabetes: 22.6%
  • Unemployment: 13.7% (5.1–22.4%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (10.2–23.7%)
  • Depression: 24.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Gretna city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 1,019 residents.

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