Fifth African Baptist Church
Fifth African Baptist Church is a Baptist church in New Orleans, LA 70115. It is one of 816 churches in New Orleans, and one of 262 Baptist congregations in the city.
New Orleans, LA, 70115Fifth African Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Fifth African Baptist 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. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.
- Unemployment: 12.3% (1.3–23.9%)
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Depression: 28.4%
- Food Insecurity: 23.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (9.9–30.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.
Churches near Fifth African Baptist Church
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- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Number 2 — 0.1 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fifth African Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Payne Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Zion United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Pleasent Grove Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away