Sherwood Baptist Church

Sherwood Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70815. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 163 Baptist congregations in the city.

Baton Rouge, LA, 70815

Sherwood 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 — 71,419 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 Sherwood Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 7 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 35.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 16.8%
  • Unemployment: 7.6% (2.7–12.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 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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