Magnolia Baptist Church

Magnolia Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 960 East Buchanan Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 548 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 117 Baptist congregations in the city.

Magnolia Baptist Church is the church where everybody is somebody within the body of the Lord

960 East Buchanan Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802

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

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The community around Magnolia Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 42.5% (30.9–54.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
  • Depression: 29.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.5%
  • Obesity: 38.0%
  • Diabetes: 13.9%
  • Unemployment: 7.6% (1.6–13.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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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