Ford Street Baptist Church
Ford Street Baptist Church is a church in Lake Charles, LA 70601. It is one of 227 churches in Lake Charles.
Lake Charles, LA, 70601Ford Street Baptist Church 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 Ford Street Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 46.2%
- Food Insecurity: 26.1%
- Social Isolation: 36.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
- Diabetes: 17.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Child Poverty: 26.9% (17.6–40.1%)
- Depression: 25.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
- Poverty Rate: 18.6% (11.3–25.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), 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 Ford Street Baptist Church
- Ford Street Baptist Mission — 0.2 mi away
- Lord's Place — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Glory To Glory Holiness Church Ucogic — 0.3 mi away
- Evangel Temple Family Worship and Teaching Center CHSC — 0.3 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lake City Church — 0.4 mi away
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Corner Stone Assembly of God Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Ford Street Baptist Mission — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Lake Charles — 0.5 mi away
- Evergreen Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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