First Baptist Lafayette

First Baptist Lafayette is a church at 1100 Lee Ave in Lafayette, LA 70501-7816. It is one of 151 churches in Lafayette.

1100 Lee Ave, Lafayette, LA, 70501-7816

Phone: +13372331412 · Website: http://www.FbcLaf.org/

First Baptist Lafayette 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.

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The community around First Baptist Lafayette

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 68.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 37.6% (24.5–50.7%)
  • Food Insecurity: 31.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.4% (11.5–33.3%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
  • Social Isolation: 38.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
  • Depression: 27.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.4%
  • Obesity: 38.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
  • Diabetes: 13.9%

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

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