First Baptist Church of Westwego
First Baptist Church of Westwego is a Baptist church in Westwego, LA 70094. It is one of 31 churches in Westwego, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
Westwego, LA, 70094Shares a ministry location with Abide Student Ministry.
First Baptist Church of Westwego 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 Westwego
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Diabetes: 18.7%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Depression: 27.7%
- Poverty Rate: 25.6% (16.8–34.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (7.5–16.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Westwego city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 987 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Westwego
- Abide Student Ministry — 0 mi away
- Our Lady of Prompt Succor & Holy Guardian Angels Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- CrossLife Fellowship Church — 0.3 mi away
- Westwego Church of God-Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Life Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- Tabernacle Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.6 mi away
- True Love Full Gospel Ministries — 0.7 mi away
- True Vine Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- True Vine Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Westwego Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- West Marrero Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away in Marrero, LA
- NOLA Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in New Orleans, LA
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