Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church
Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 165 Hickory St in Independence, LA 70443. It is one of 31 churches in Independence.
As a "Church that chooses to please God" Zion's primary focus is to do what the Lord requires of us which is "To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with (our) God." (Micah 6:8)
Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of the faithful Rev. Dr. Alfred E. Smith, serves as a refuge from the perils of the secular world, but also as a place to find encouragement in order to walk by faith.
165 Hickory St, Independence, LA, 70443Service times
- Wednesday 6:45pm
Phone: (985) 878-4673 · Website: http://www.ziontravelers.net/Our-Pastor.html
Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,419 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 Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church
- Christian Education
- Beautification Ministry
- Missionary Ministry
- Kitchen Ministry
- Women Officers and Officers' Wives
- Voices of Zion Choir
- Ushers
- Pastor's Aid
- Nurses Ministry
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The community around Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 45.1%
- Food Insecurity: 27.7%
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
- Child Poverty: 30.6% (13.9–47.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
- Depression: 25.8%
- Poverty Rate: 21.0% (12.0–30.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
- Unemployment: 7.9% (1.9–14.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church
- Martien Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- COY Independence — 0.4 mi away
- First United Pentecostal Church — 0.7 mi away
- Independence United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- San Expedito Church — 1.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Mount Olive Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Chapel — 3.5 mi away
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