First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 714 Third St in Lake Arthur, LA 70549. It is one of 4 churches in Lake Arthur, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
A church is not the walls and pews, but the people. We are people called by God to serve and love our community. Through this, we want to connect, grow, serve, and go out and tell everyone about the great news of Jesus Christ.
714 Third St, Lake Arthur, LA, 70549Service times
- Sunday 5pm · evenings
Phone: (337) 774-3333 · Website: http://www.fbcjennings.com
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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Children's Church
- GriefShare
- Missions
- Mother’s Day Out
- Operation Christmas Child
- Second Harvest Ministry
- Trail Life
- Youth Ministry
- Kidz Konnection
- PreK / Kindergarten
- fbc Kids
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The community around First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 45.4% (27.4–63.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
- Poverty Rate: 30.3% (22.4–38.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 26.8%
- Obesity: 44.8%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Depression: 31.0%
- Diabetes: 17.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lake Arthur First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Theresa Church — 1.4 mi away in Gueydan, LA
- Immanuel Worship Center — 4.3 mi away in Jennings, LA
- Saint Gertrude Church — 4.5 mi away in Jennings, LA
- The Holy Ghost Chapel — 6.8 mi away in Morse, LA
- Our Savior's Church Jennings — 8.6 mi away in Jennings, LA
- In Jesus Name Ministries — 8.6 mi away in Jennings, LA
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 8.9 mi away in Jennings, LA
More Baptist churches nearby
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 8.9 mi away in Jennings, LA
- Mount Triumph Baptist Church — 9.2 mi away in Jennings, LA
- Union Baptist Church — 9.2 mi away in Jennings, LA
- Calvary Baptist Church — 9.7 mi away in Jennings, LA
- First Baptist Church — 10.4 mi away in Jennings, LA