Where is Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church located?

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church is at 9700 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802.

What denomination is Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church?

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, LA is a Baptist church. It is one of 125 Baptist congregations in Baton Rouge.

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 9700 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 125 Baptist congregations in the city.

Part of Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association

9700 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802

Phone: (253) 205-0468

Mount Pilgrim 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.

Ministries at Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

After School Tutoring
Baptist Training Union
Boy Scouts
Brotherhood Ministry
Children and Nursery Departments
Children and Youth Bible Study
Counseling Ministry
Cords of Love Married Couples Ministry
Deacons Ministry
Deaconess Ministry
Family Ministry
Girl Scouts

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Latest from Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church of Baton Rouge's YouTube channel: Wednesday In The Word: John 6:4-5, 9, 11-12 (7/29/2026) (all videos).

The community around Mount Pilgrim 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 2,200 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: 37.5%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
Diabetes: 21.8%
Obesity: 44.4%
Social Isolation: 38.9%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
Depression: 24.3%
Poverty Rate: 20.8% (11.0–30.5%)
Unemployment: 7.8% (1.4–14.5%)

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.

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Mount Mariah Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away

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