Wesley United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 547 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 12 Methodist congregations in the city.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802Website: https://www.wesleybr.org/
Wesley United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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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