First Baptist Church of Port Acres
First Baptist Church of Port Acres is a Baptist church in Port Arthur, TX 77640. It is one of 137 churches in Port Arthur, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.
Port Arthur, TX, 77640Shares a ministry location with New World Harvest Church.
First Baptist Church of Port Acres is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,419 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 Port Acres
Within about a mile of this church, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.9% (15.0–30.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.3%
- Obesity: 41.1%
- Child Poverty: 38.8% (24.7–53.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
- Poverty Rate: 22.8% (14.2–31.5%)
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Unemployment: 7.2% (2.0–12.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Port Arthur city is served by 75 churches — about one congregation for every 741 residents.
Churches near First Baptist Church of Port Acres
- New World Harvest Church — 0 mi away
- Saint Therese the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- United Methodist Church - Saint Johns — 0.5 mi away
- Port Acres United Pentecostal Church — 0.8 mi away
- Faith Harbor Assembly of God Church — 0.9 mi away
- New Covenant Church — 1.1 mi away
- Church of Christ Port Acres — 1.3 mi away
- Calvary — 1.4 mi away
- Guiding Star Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Calvary — 1.4 mi away
- Guiding Star Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Paradise Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Saint Mark Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away