Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 2725 E Oak St, Jena, LA, 71342-4434.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Sunday at 9am (school classes meet). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Jena, LA is a Baptist church. It is one of 5 Baptist congregations in Jena.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2725 E Oak St in Jena, LA 71342-4434. It is one of 31 churches in Jena, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.

2725 E Oak St, Jena, LA, 71342-4434

Service times

Sunday 9am · school classes meet

Phone: +13189924184 · Website: https://www.fbcjena.com/

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.

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

The community around First Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

Social Isolation: 37.3%
Obesity: 36.8%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
Depression: 24.6%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
Food Insecurity: 19.0%
Unemployment: 6.9% (2.4–11.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in Trout, LA
Trinity Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
Nolley Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
Sanctuary Family Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
Doggwood Baptist — 0.6 mi away
LaSalle Parish Celebrate Recovery — 0.6 mi away
Bellevue Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Oak Grove Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
Temple Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Trinity Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Doggwood Baptist — 0.6 mi away
Bellevue Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Temple Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
Eastvue Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away

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