St John Baptist Church
St John Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 820 New Rafe Meyer Rd in Baton Rouge, LA 70807-1248. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 41 Baptist congregations in the city.
Dr. Donald R. Ruth is Sr. Pastor at Saint John Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
820 New Rafe Meyer Rd, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807-1248Service times
- Thursday 7pm · Uplift Bible Study
Phone: +12257759756 · Website: https://www.saintjohnbc.org/
St John 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 St John Baptist Church
- Educational/Recreational Summer Camp
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The community around St John Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 56.9%
- Obesity: 46.0%
- Food Insecurity: 41.7%
- Poverty Rate: 37.8% (25.6–49.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.4%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (1.3–17.9%)
- Depression: 25.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St John Baptist Church
- Rose of Sharon Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mt Bethel Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mount Gideon Church — 1 mi away in Jackson, LA
- Saint John Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- St Paul's Free Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in Baker, LA
- Beech Grove Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
- New Light Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Promise Land Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- RCCG Jesus Assembly Baton Rouge — 1.9 mi away
- Greater King David Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Rose of Sharon Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint John Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Beech Grove Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
- New Light Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Promise Land Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
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