New Saint John Baptist Church
New Saint John Baptist Church is a church in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802New Saint John 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 New Saint John 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 2,300 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: 33.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
- Diabetes: 18.2%
- Obesity: 42.1%
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
- Poverty Rate: 28.1% (16.4–39.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.0%
- Unemployment: 10.4% (5.6–15.5%)
- Depression: 25.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.
Churches near New Saint John Baptist Church
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Little Rising Sun Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Ark Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Bethel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.3 mi away
- Deliverance Temple — 0.3 mi away
- New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Little Rock Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Bethel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Little Rock Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- McKowen Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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