Emanuel Baptist Church

The community around Emanuel Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 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: 63.2%
• Obesity: 45.6%
• Food Insecurity: 35.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
• Poverty Rate: 28.9% (13.6–44.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.0%
• Unemployment: 10.9% (0.9–21.0%)
• Depression: 24.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Emanuel Baptist Church

• First Baptist Church of Smoke Bend — 1 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• Second Mount Olive Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Faith Christian Center — 1.3 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• Global Impact — 1.4 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• New Vision Outreach Ministries — 1.4 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• The Church in Donaldsonville — 1.7 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• Word of Life Church — 1.8 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• Mt Triumph Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA
• Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church — 1.8 mi away in Donaldsonville, LA