Mount Paran Baptist Church

Mount Paran Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Shreveport, LA 71107. It is one of 507 churches in Shreveport, and one of 125 Baptist congregations in the city.

Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1930 under the leadership of Rev. E. D. Robinson with fourteen members.

Serving since 1930

Shreveport, LA, 71107

Website: https://mtparanmbc.com/

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

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The community around Mount Paran Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 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: 77.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 57.3%
  • Obesity: 53.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 49.7% (35.6–63.8%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.2%
  • Social Isolation: 44.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 40.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 40.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 34.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 29.1%
  • Diabetes: 24.5%
  • Unemployment: 20.7% (13.5–27.9%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.8% (5.7–30.0%)
  • Depression: 26.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Shreveport city is served by 224 churches — about one congregation for every 690 residents.

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