First New Life Missionary Baptist

First New Life Missionary Baptist is a church at 311 S 1st Ave in Lake Charles, LA 70601-3305. It is one of 227 churches in Lake Charles.

311 S 1st Ave, Lake Charles, LA, 70601-3305

Phone: +13374360036 · Website: http://www.firstnewlife.com/

Shares a ministry location with Starlight Baptist Church.

First New Life Missionary Baptist 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 New Life Missionary Baptist

Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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: 61.5%
  • Obesity: 55.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 48.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 43.1% (31.1–55.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 34.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 25.3%
  • Diabetes: 23.9%
  • Depression: 26.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.5% (0.2–13.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

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