Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 401 West Morris Avenue, Hammond, LA, 70403.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 9:45am (School); Sunday at 10:45am (Morning); Sunday at 6pm (Evening). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Hammond, LA is a Baptist church. It is one of 17 Baptist congregations in Hammond.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 401 West Morris Avenue in Hammond, LA 70403. It is one of 99 churches in Hammond, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.

Serving since 1887

401 West Morris Avenue, Hammond, LA, 70403

Service times

Sunday 9:45am · School
Sunday 10:45am · Morning
Sunday 6pm · Evening

First Baptist Church 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 First Baptist Church

Kids’ Ministry
Chicagoland Teens
Impact Teens
Driven Singles
Best Year’s Club
Deaf Ministry
Special-Needs
Bus Ministry
Community Outreach
Missions

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Latest from First Baptist Church of Hammond's YouTube channel: Ruth 3 - Abdel Judeh - Sunday Evening, August 2, 2026 (all videos).

The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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.

Child Poverty: 47.0% (29.6–64.4%)
Social Isolation: 42.8%
Poverty Rate: 38.0% (25.9–50.2%)
Food Insecurity: 32.9%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.5%
Obesity: 44.6%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.0%
Housing Insecurity: 23.3%
Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
Diabetes: 16.3%
Depression: 26.7%
Unemployment: 8.0% (3.4–12.7%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Hammond city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 498 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
New Day Missionary Baptist — 0.4 mi away
Grace Memorial Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
Showers of Blessing Deliverance Temple — 0.4 mi away
Greenfield Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Church of God of Prophecy — 0.4 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
True Church of the Living God — 0.5 mi away
New Life Outreach Ministry — 0.5 mi away
Holy Ghost Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Greenfield Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Beacon Light Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Woodland Park Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Baptist Student Center — 0.6 mi away
Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

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