Greater Central Baptist Church
Greater Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70807. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 125 Baptist congregations in the city.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70807Greater Central 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 Central Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 52.6%
- Obesity: 49.0%
- Poverty Rate: 42.9% (31.6–54.1%)
- Social Isolation: 42.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 37.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 28.2%
- Diabetes: 23.3%
- Unemployment: 13.5% (5.2–21.9%)
- Depression: 25.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8% (11.0–19.2%)
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.
Churches near Greater Central Baptist Church
- Redeemed of the Lord Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- Bible Believers Church — 0.1 mi away
- Truevine Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Vision Christian Center International — 0.2 mi away
- New Revelation Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Puritan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Scotlandville — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bible Believers Church — 0.1 mi away
- Truevine Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Revelation Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Puritan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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