First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Independent Baptist church at 504 Griffin Ave in Houlka, MS 38850.

504 Griffin Ave, Houlka, MS, 38850

Phone: (662) 568-2391 · Website: https://www.garbc.org

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 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

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 28.0%
  • Diabetes: 18.6%
  • Obesity: 43.3%
  • Social Isolation: 36.6%
  • Child Poverty: 32.9% (20.9–44.9%)
  • Poverty Rate: 24.2% (17.4–31.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (7.6–16.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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