Where is First Baptist Church located?

First Baptist Church is at 508 2nd Street, Natchitoches, LA, 71457.

What time are services at First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 8am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church in Natchitoches, LA is a Baptist church. It is one of 11 Baptist congregations in Natchitoches.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 508 2nd Street in Natchitoches, LA 71457. It is one of 98 churches in Natchitoches, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

First Baptist Church is gospel centered and our mission is simple: to guide every person we meet to the life giving Light of the World, Jesus Christ.

508 2nd Street, Natchitoches, LA, 71457

Service times

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8am

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,417 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 First Baptist 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.

Obesity: 45.3%
Food Insecurity: 35.9%
Poverty Rate: 35.7%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.1%
Housing Insecurity: 25.3%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.9%
Diabetes: 19.8%
Social Isolation: 38.3%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
Unemployment: 8.6% (2.9–14.2%)
Child Poverty: 28.6% (11.3–45.8%)
Depression: 26.5%

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

Natchitoches city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 442 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception — 0.1 mi away
Church of Revelation — 0.1 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Asbury United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ — 0.2 mi away
Eastside Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
Bethesda Apostolic Church — 0.3 mi away
New Beginning Baptist Church II — 0.3 mi away
Saint Anthony Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Trinity Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
NSULA BCM — 0.8 mi away
Goodwill Baptist Church — 1 mi away

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