McKowen Baptist Church
McKowen Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 548 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 117 Baptist congregations in the city.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802McKowen Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around McKowen 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. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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.
- Poverty Rate: 35.0% (23.9–46.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 34.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
- Unemployment: 17.1% (8.9–25.2%)
- Obesity: 41.7%
- Social Isolation: 39.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Depression: 27.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.
Churches near McKowen Baptist Church
- New Ark Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Fairview Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Bethel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Neely United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Little Rising Sun Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Progressive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away