First United Pentecostal Church

First United Pentecostal Church is a Pentecostal church in Monroe, LA 71202. It is one of 221 churches in Monroe, and one of 3 Pentecostal congregations in the city.

Monroe, LA, 71202

Shares a ministry location with Parkview Drive Church of Christ.

First United Pentecostal Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 403 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Louisiana — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.

Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.

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The community around First United Pentecostal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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: 87.0%
  • Obesity: 57.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 52.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 52.4%
  • Social Isolation: 42.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 38.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.5%
  • Diabetes: 26.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.3%
  • Unemployment: 21.8% (7.4–36.2%)
  • Depression: 23.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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

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