First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Jennings, LA 70546. It is one of 40 churches in Jennings, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

Jennings, LA, 70546

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.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 41.2%
  • Social Isolation: 37.6%
  • Depression: 27.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
  • Diabetes: 14.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Jennings city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 441 residents.

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