First Baptist Church of Cedar Grove

First Baptist Church of Cedar Grove is a Baptist church in Shreveport, LA 71106. It is one of 535 churches in Shreveport, and one of 129 Baptist congregations in the city.

WELCOME TO FIRST CHURCH OF CEDAR GROVE ONLINEWe are glad that you’re here at our digital campus! We, the First Church, encourage you to explore our website and examine the historic attributes of our great and ever-growing church family. We have so much to offer you and your family at the First Church. We invite you to come and share with us both in-person and online! Worship God freely as we continue to build on the legacy, family ties and traditional experience that is First Baptist Church - Cedar Grove.

Shreveport, LA, 71106

Website: http://www.firstbaptistcedargrove.com/

First Baptist Church of Cedar Grove 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.

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The community around First Baptist Church of Cedar Grove

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.

  • Child Poverty: 79.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 51.8%
  • Obesity: 51.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 42.7% (29.5–56.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 42.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 36.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 25.7%
  • Diabetes: 25.1%
  • Unemployment: 11.3% (2.8–20.6%)
  • Depression: 26.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Shreveport city is served by 224 churches — about one congregation for every 690 residents.

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