First United Pentecostal Church
First United Pentecostal Church is a Pentecostal church in Independence, LA 70443. It is one of 31 churches in Independence.
Independence, LA, 70443Shares a ministry location with Independence United Methodist Church.
First United Pentecostal Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 403 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Louisiana — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around First United Pentecostal Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third 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 tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 26.1%
- Obesity: 44.4%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
- Unemployment: 8.1% (2.2–14.7%)
- Child Poverty: 28.7% (12.5–45.4%)
- Depression: 25.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.7%
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (10.8–28.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Pentecostal Church
- Independence United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
- COY Independence — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Martien Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- San Expedito Church — 0.9 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- True Light Spiritual Church of God in Christ — 6.3 mi away in Hammond, LA
- Woodhaven Church of God — 6.9 mi away
- Woodhaven Church of God — 7.2 mi away in Tickfaw, LA
- First Church of God in Christ — 9 mi away in Hammond, LA
- Oak Grove Church — 9.7 mi away in Loranger, LA
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