First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Monroe, LA 71201. It is one of 195 churches in Monroe, and one of 44 Baptist congregations in the city.

Monroe, LA, 71201

Website: https://www.fmbcmonroe.org/

Shares a ministry location with Mt Olivet Baptist Church.

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at First Baptist Church

  • Sunday BTU
  • Marriage Ministry
  • Board of Christian Education
  • Brotherhood Ministry
  • Senior Mission
  • Sunday School Teachers Meeting
  • Youth Choir Rehearsal
  • Senior Choir Rehearsal
  • Senior Citizen Ministry
  • Usher Ministry

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 73.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 61.1%
  • Obesity: 58.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 56.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.6%
  • Social Isolation: 42.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 40.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 36.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 29.1%
  • Diabetes: 26.9%
  • Unemployment: 18.6% (9.3–28.1%)
  • Depression: 24.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4% (10.1–17.2%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Monroe city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 472 residents.

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