Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 119 North Bank Street in Lake Charles, LA 70601. It is one of 176 churches in Lake Charles, and one of 56 Baptist congregations in the city.

119 North Bank Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70601

Phone: (337) 436-0882 · Website: http://www.mountpilgrimlc.org/

Mount Pilgrim 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 Pilgrim Baptist Church

  • Sunday School
  • Brotherhood Men's Ministry
  • WMU Women's Ministry
  • Seasoned Saints Ministry

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The community around Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than 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: 52.6%
  • Child Poverty: 51.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 41.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.4% (22.1–42.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.1%
  • Diabetes: 22.4%
  • Social Isolation: 39.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.3%
  • Depression: 26.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Lake Charles city is served by 91 churches — about one congregation for every 823 residents.

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