Mount Bethel Baptist Church
Mount Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 903 Arthur St in Lafayette, LA 70501-3333. It is one of 113 churches in Lafayette, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
903 Arthur St, Lafayette, LA, 70501-3333Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School -
Phone: (337) 234-5396
Mount Bethel 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 — 71,352 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 Mount Bethel Baptist Church
- Griefshare
- Youth Ministry
- Choir
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The community around Mount Bethel 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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Child Poverty: 59.0% (42.5–74.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 58.7%
- Obesity: 51.0%
- Poverty Rate: 49.1% (36.3–61.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 47.3%
- Social Isolation: 43.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 40.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 35.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 30.2%
- Diabetes: 28.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
- Unemployment: 8.8% (2.7–14.9%)
- Depression: 24.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Mount Bethel Baptist Church
- Saint Anthony Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ark Of The Covenant Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- St Peter's Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Kingdom Awakening International — 0.7 mi away
- Spirit and Truth Church — 0.7 mi away
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Come Lord Jesus — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church — 0.9 mi away
- Destiny of Faith Church — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- St Peter's Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Philadelphia Christian Church — 1.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Acadiana Baptist Church for the Deaf — 1.6 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
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