First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2470 Tower Drive, Monroe, LA, 71201 in Monroe, LA 71201. It is one of 195 churches in Monroe, and one of 44 Baptist congregations in the city.

Serving since 1854

2470 Tower Drive, Monroe, LA, 71201, Monroe, LA, 71201

Website: http://www.firstmonroe.com/

First 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 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 52.7%
  • Child Poverty: 49.7% (32.1–67.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 44.2%
  • Social Isolation: 41.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 39.3% (27.7–51.0%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
  • Diabetes: 22.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.0%
  • Unemployment: 10.6% (2.6–19.4%)
  • Depression: 24.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (4.3–18.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 9 census tracts near this church.

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

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