Saint Matthews Baptist Church
Saint Matthews Baptist Church is a Baptist church in New Orleans, LA 70113. It is one of 821 churches in New Orleans, and one of 262 Baptist congregations in the city.
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New Orleans, LA, 70113Saint Matthews Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint Matthews 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,500 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.
- Social Isolation: 41.4%
- Food Insecurity: 38.7%
- Poverty Rate: 33.6% (20.8–46.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
- Depression: 28.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
- Unemployment: 9.0% (2.4–16.1%)
- Obesity: 39.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.
Churches near Saint Matthews Baptist Church
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- Living Witness Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Israelites Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Tabernacle of Prayer Church — 0.1 mi away
- Castle Rock Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Berean Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- House of Prayer Apostolic Faith Church — 0.1 mi away
- Peoples United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Mt Rose Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away