Douglas Avenue Baptist Church

Douglas Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70805. It is one of 547 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 117 Baptist congregations in the city.

Baton Rouge, LA, 70805

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

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The community around Douglas Avenue Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 90.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 57.2%
  • Obesity: 51.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.2%
  • Social Isolation: 42.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 41.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.7% (22.3–59.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 36.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 29.9%
  • Diabetes: 25.7%
  • Unemployment: 9.2% (0.1–20.5%)
  • Depression: 26.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.

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