Old Emanuel Baptist Church

Old Emanuel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Lake Charles, LA 70601. It is one of 227 churches in Lake Charles, and one of 37 Baptist congregations in the city.

Lake Charles, LA, 70601

Old Emanuel 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 Old Emanuel Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,200 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: 52.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.3%
  • Diabetes: 22.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.5%
  • Social Isolation: 39.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.7% (12.3–43.0%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
  • Unemployment: 6.2% (0.8–11.8%)

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

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

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