First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Lake Charles, LA 70601. It is one of 227 churches in Lake Charles, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Lake Charles, LA, 70601Shares a ministry location with Greater St Mary Missionary Baptist Church.
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 117 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Louisiana — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around First Presbyterian 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 65.9%
- Obesity: 55.9%
- Food Insecurity: 47.5%
- Poverty Rate: 42.2% (29.2–55.3%)
- Social Isolation: 40.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.4%
- Diabetes: 23.9%
- Unemployment: 12.2% (2.4–21.9%)
- Depression: 26.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.0% (5.4–22.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Lake Charles city is served by 91 churches — about one congregation for every 823 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Greater St Mary Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Starlight Baptist Church of Lake Charles — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Warren United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Oak Park United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Bethel Metropolitan Baptist — 0.6 mi away
- Life Changers Church — 0.6 mi away
- Inner Court Worship Center — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Assembly of God Church — 0.6 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church — 2.4 mi away
- Bethel Presbyterian Church — 2.7 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Lake Charles — 3.6 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 7.4 mi away in Sulphur, LA
- Covenant Presbyterian Church — 10.8 mi away in Sulphur, LA
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