First Pentecostal Church

First Pentecostal Church is a Pentecostal church in New Orleans, LA 70119. It is one of 824 churches in New Orleans, and one of 7 Pentecostal congregations in the city.

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New Orleans, LA, 70119

Phone: (504) 250-0766 · Website: https://www.lavinanola.org/

First Pentecostal Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 394 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Louisiana — 16,682 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 Pentecostal Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 40.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 34.7% (21.9–47.5%)
  • Food Insecurity: 31.8%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.0% (8.7–35.3%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
  • Depression: 28.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.3%
  • Obesity: 36.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
  • Diabetes: 14.9%
  • Unemployment: 6.2% (1.9–12.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.

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