First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula
First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula is a Baptist church at 325 E Pine St in Ponchatoula, LA 70454-2505. It is one of 50 churches in Ponchatoula, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our desire for our church and community is to see lives transformed by the good life that only Jesus can give.
Part of Southern Baptist Convention
325 E Pine St, Ponchatoula, LA, 70454-2505Service times
Sundays | 9:45 am (as listed)
Phone: +19853863075 · Website: https://www.fbcponchatoula.com/
First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,388 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,872 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.
Ministries at First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula
- Cancer Care
- Blessing Bags
- Widows & Sisters
- Hospitality
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The community around First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Obesity: 43.5%
- Social Isolation: 38.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
- Food Insecurity: 23.0%
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Depression: 26.7%
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (7.8–30.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.2 mi away
- New Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Eastside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Tasker African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel — 0.5 mi away
- Journey Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Bethel Independent Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Joseph Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Millville Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
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