Macedonia Baptist Church
Macedonia Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 163 Baptist congregations in the city.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802Macedonia 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 Macedonia Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 37.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.4%
- Diabetes: 21.0%
- Obesity: 44.4%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
- Poverty Rate: 25.0% (13.4–36.6%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (2.7–19.0%)
- Depression: 24.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.
Churches near Macedonia Baptist Church
- Donaldson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Friendship Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- North Nineteenth Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Aaron Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Universal Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Nazarene Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace and Compassion Church — 0.5 mi away
- Active Faith Christian Center — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Donaldson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Friendship Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- North Nineteenth Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Aaron Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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