Cedarcrest Baptist Church

Cedarcrest Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70816. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 163 Baptist congregations in the city.

Baton Rouge, LA, 70816

Cedarcrest Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,417 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 Cedarcrest 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,100 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: 35.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
  • Depression: 25.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.8% (8.8–26.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.0% (6.4–21.6%)
  • Diabetes: 13.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%

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

Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.

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