Westside Baptist Church

Westside Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 6834 Highway 1 in Natchitoches, LA 71457. It is one of 63 churches in Natchitoches, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.

6834 Highway 1, Natchitoches, LA, 71457

Westside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Westside 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. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 51.5%
  • Social Isolation: 43.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 41.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.4%
  • Obesity: 43.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
  • Depression: 31.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
  • Unemployment: 10.6% (3.5–17.8%)
  • Child Poverty: 22.1% (9.6–34.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Natchitoches city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 442 residents.

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