Greater Antioch Baptist Church

Greater Antioch Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2139 Nebraska Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 547 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 117 Baptist congregations in the city.

We enter to worship, exit to serve!

A small church with a big heart, serving the Old South Baton Rouge community through worship and service.

2139 Nebraska Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802

Website: http://www.newantiochbaptistchurch.com/

Greater Antioch Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Find Greater Antioch Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around Greater Antioch 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 more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 40.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 39.5% (27.8–51.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 33.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
  • Depression: 28.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Unemployment: 8.7% (2.2–15.3%)
  • Obesity: 39.7%

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.

Churches near Greater Antioch Baptist Church

See all churches in Baton Rouge, LA · All churches in LA