Mount Calvary Baptist Church

Mount Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Independence, LA 70443. It is one of 31 churches in Independence, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.

Independence, LA, 70443

Mount Calvary 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.

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The community around Mount Calvary Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 47.3%
  • Social Isolation: 40.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 32.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.2%
  • Diabetes: 18.1%
  • Child Poverty: 39.2% (21.0–57.4%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.9% (16.5–39.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
  • Depression: 25.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
  • Unemployment: 6.8% (0.9–13.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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