First Baptist Church of Lake Charles

First Baptist Church of Lake Charles is a Baptist church in Lake Charles, LA 70601. It is one of 227 churches in Lake Charles, and one of 37 Baptist congregations in the city.

Lake Charles, LA, 70601

First Baptist Church of Lake Charles 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 Church of Lake Charles

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 41.7%
  • Social Isolation: 34.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
  • Depression: 25.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 15.9%
  • Diabetes: 13.4%

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

Lake Charles city is served by 91 churches — about one congregation for every 823 residents.

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