Greater Saint John Baptist Church

Greater Saint John Baptist Church is a church in New Orleans, LA 70118. It is one of 824 churches in New Orleans.

New Orleans, LA, 70118

Greater Saint John Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,388 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Greater Saint John Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third have no one they feel they can count on, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 39.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
  • Depression: 28.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 21.3% (11.3–31.4%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
  • Diabetes: 13.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.6% (1.8–11.8%)

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

New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.

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