First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in New Roads, LA 70760. It is one of 17 churches in New Roads, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
New Roads, LA, 70760First 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 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
- Food Insecurity: 28.9%
- Diabetes: 19.8%
- Obesity: 41.7%
- Social Isolation: 36.4%
- Poverty Rate: 22.7% (8.9–36.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
- Unemployment: 11.7% (0.5–22.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
- Depression: 26.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
New Roads city is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 421 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Roads Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Augustine Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Luke Church — 0.7 mi away
- St Paul's Holy Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
- Greater St Peter Baptist — 0.9 mi away
- Holy Church of God — 1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Greater St Peter Baptist — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Alma Church — 7 mi away in Rougon, LA
- True Light Baptist Church — 7.3 mi away in Lakeland, LA
- First Baptist Church — 7.5 mi away in Saint Francisville, LA
- Magnolia Baptist Church — 8.2 mi away in Saint Francisville, LA
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