Primera Iglesia Bautista Church

Primera Iglesia Bautista Church is a Baptist church in Rio Grande City, TX 78582. It is one of 21 churches in Rio Grande City.

Rio Grande City, TX, 78582

Primera 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 about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.

  • Child Poverty: 57.2%
  • Obesity: 47.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 45.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 44.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 37.5% (26.8–48.1%)
  • Diabetes: 24.6%
  • Unemployment: 14.4% (4.0–25.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Rio Grande City city is served by 2 churches — about one congregation for every 3,533 residents.

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