First Baptist Church of Galena Park
First Baptist Church of Galena Park is a Baptist church in Galena Park, TX 77547. It is one of 17 churches in Galena Park, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1918
Galena Park, TX, 77547First Baptist Church of Galena Park is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,496 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 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 Galena Park
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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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: 40.3% (21.4–59.2%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 38.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 32.8% (22.9–42.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
- Unemployment: 13.0% (2.5–23.7%)
- Obesity: 41.2%
- Poverty Rate: 25.5% (13.5–37.5%)
- Diabetes: 15.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Galena Park city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 1,304 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Galena Park
- Galena Park Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Galena Park Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Galena Park Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Galena Park Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Vida Nueva Elim — 0.3 mi away in Houston, TX
- Our Lady Of Fatima Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Templo Galilea — 0.5 mi away
- Peace Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- New Beginnings Church of God — 0.6 mi away
- Good News Christian Fellowship Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Holland Avenue Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Mathews Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Houston, TX
- Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Houston, TX
- Oak Hill Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Houston, TX