First Hispanic Baptist Church
First Hispanic Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Palestine, TX 75801. It is one of 79 churches in Palestine, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1926
Palestine, TX, 75801Website: http://firstb.org
First Hispanic Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Hispanic Baptist Church
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 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.6% (13.5–27.8%)
- Obesity: 41.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.4%
- Diabetes: 16.8%
- Child Poverty: 29.5% (12.4–46.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.5% (9.9–31.2%)
- Unemployment: 7.0% (0.6–13.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Palestine city is served by 35 churches — about one congregation for every 414 residents.
Churches near First Hispanic Baptist Church
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace & Truth Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Templo Calvario Asamblea De Dios — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Valley Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Palestine Church — 0.3 mi away
- Smith Chapel Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- North Jackson Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Philips Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away