First Baptist Church of Laurel

First Baptist Church of Laurel is a Baptist church in Laurel, MS 39440. It is one of 144 churches in Laurel, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.

Laurel, MS, 39440

Service times

  • Sunday 9:15am · Schedule

Website: https://fbclaurel.org/

First Baptist Church of Laurel 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 of Laurel

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 64.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 25.7%
  • Obesity: 43.5%
  • Social Isolation: 38.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.7% (12.9–36.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
  • Diabetes: 16.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (5.2–22.0%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.3%

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

Laurel city is served by 45 churches — about one congregation for every 217 residents.

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