First Portuguese Baptist Church

First Portuguese Baptist Church is a church at 60 Thompson St in New Bedford, MA 02740-4708. It is one of 75 churches in New Bedford.

60 Thompson St, New Bedford, MA, 02740-4708

Phone: +15089930582 · Website: http://www.abc-usa.org/

First Portuguese Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Massachusetts — 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 Portuguese Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 30.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.6%
  • Social Isolation: 38.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
  • Obesity: 36.8%
  • Depression: 26.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.7% (8.8–28.5%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.7%

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

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