Mount Zion First Baptist Church
Mount Zion First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 356 T. J. Jemison Boulevard in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 163 Baptist congregations in the city.
356 T. J. Jemison Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802Phone: (225) 387-5247 · Website: http://www.mtzionfirstbaptist.com/
Mount Zion First 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.
Ministries at Mount Zion First Baptist Church
- Audio/Visual
- Collegiate
- Culinary
- Deaconess
- Discipleship
- Divorce Care
- Girl Scouts
- Grief Share
- Health and Wellness
- Missions
- New Members
- Praise Dance
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The community around Mount Zion First 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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: 33.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.7%
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
- Poverty Rate: 29.4% (17.1–41.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
- Diabetes: 17.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
- Depression: 26.0%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (2.5–11.0%)
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 Mount Zion First Baptist Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Agnes Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Deliverance Temple — 0.3 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Area Offices United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Grace House Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church BR — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church BR — 0.3 mi away
- South Boulevard Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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