Wesley United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 544 Government St in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 15 Methodist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and beyond through an impactful and passionate program of Worship, Teaching, Fellowship and Liberating Service.
544 Government St, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802Phone: (225) 343-8421 · Website: https://www.wesleybr.org/
Wesley United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 449 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Louisiana — 25,985 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
Ministries at Wesley United Methodist Church
- Outreach Team
- Nurture Team
- Witness Team
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The community around Wesley United Methodist 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 about 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off. That is 2,100 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: 32.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
- Obesity: 41.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
- Poverty Rate: 27.2% (15.5–38.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
- Diabetes: 16.5%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (3.4–15.3%)
- Depression: 26.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
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 Wesley United Methodist Church
- Mount Zion First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Saint Luke Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- South Boulevard Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Area Offices United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Agnes Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Ebenezer Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Neely United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Faith African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 1.3 mi away
- Scotts United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away in Port Allen, LA
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