First Emanuel Baptist Church

First Emanuel 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, 70802

Shares a ministry location with First Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church.

First Emanuel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Emanuel 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 about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 40.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 34.3% (22.9–45.6%)
  • Food Insecurity: 34.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
  • Unemployment: 14.5% (6.5–22.5%)
  • Obesity: 41.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
  • Depression: 27.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
  • Diabetes: 16.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 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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