Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church
Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 547 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 117 Baptist congregations in the city.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 2,200 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: 33.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.1%
- Unemployment: 13.8% (6.2–21.5%)
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
- Poverty Rate: 27.2% (15.8–38.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.6%
- Diabetes: 17.1%
- Depression: 26.9%
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 Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church
- Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Pleasant Green Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- South Boulevard Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Saint Luke Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Progressive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Emanuel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Agnes Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away