Primera Iglesia Bautista Church
Primera Iglesia Bautista Church is a Baptist church in Laredo, TX 78040. It is one of 146 churches in Laredo, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
Laredo, TX, 78040Primera Iglesia Bautista Church 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 Primera Iglesia Bautista Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 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: 51.6% (34.3–69.7%)
- Obesity: 46.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 45.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.4%
- Poverty Rate: 41.1% (27.2–54.9%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 38.1%
- Diabetes: 22.5%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (2.2–11.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Laredo city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 7,128 residents.
Churches near Primera Iglesia Bautista Church
- Presbyterian Church Sinai — 0.3 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Redeemer Church — 0.5 mi away
- Casa De Oracion — 0.5 mi away
- Cathedral of San Agustin — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia De Cristo Marcella Ave. — 0.6 mi away
- Jordan River Church — 0.7 mi away
- Trinity Christian Center — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Iglesia Bautista - Nuevo Nacimiento Church — 1.1 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista - Loma Alta Church — 1.2 mi away
- Heights Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista - Nueva Vida Church — 3.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Laredo — 5.3 mi away