First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Mamou, LA 70554. It is one of 9 churches in Mamou, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Mamou, LA, 70554First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Church
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 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 68.1% (48.6–87.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 56.4%
- Obesity: 52.7%
- Food Insecurity: 45.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.9%
- Diabetes: 25.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
- Depression: 29.4%
- Unemployment: 11.1% (1.2–21.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Mamou town is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 629 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Ann Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mamou Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Sanctuary of Praise — 0.6 mi away
- Word of Faith Full Gospel Church — 1.8 mi away
- New Life Outreach Ministry of Mamou — 2.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
- Chapel of the Holy Spirit — 4.2 mi away in Ville Platte, LA
- Saint Peter Church — 4.3 mi away in Ville Platte, LA