Progressive Baptist Church
Progressive Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2001 E Simcoe St in Lafayette, LA 70501-6436. It is one of 151 churches in Lafayette, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.
To provide a Christ-centered church community where the people can become disciples of Christ, cultivate love, learn and grow spiritually, and develop a heart to serve.
Christian Believers emulating Jesus Christ in word and deed, working together to develop strong disciples―through sound biblical teaching, through fostering connections that build strong church community, and through spreading the Word and love of Christ through meaningful outreach that will inspire others to come to Christ.
2001 E Simcoe St, Lafayette, LA, 70501-6436Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Phone: (337) 234-3924 · Website: https://pbclafayette.com/
Progressive 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 Progressive Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 45.4%
- Food Insecurity: 41.3%
- Social Isolation: 40.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
- Poverty Rate: 31.2% (16.5–45.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 29.0%
- Diabetes: 24.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.0%
- Unemployment: 14.7% (0.4–28.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (4.0–24.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Progressive Baptist Church
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- King of Glory Tabernacle — 0.6 mi away
- Good Hope Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Lift City Church — 0.7 mi away
- The Harvest Center Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Gethsemane Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Christ Church Recovery — 0.8 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Davidson Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Good Hope Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Good Hope Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
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