Rose of Sharon Baptist Church

Rose of Sharon Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Monroe, LA 71201. It is one of 195 churches in Monroe, and one of 44 Baptist congregations in the city.

Monroe, LA, 71201

Rose of Sharon Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Rose of Sharon Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 53.2%
  • Child Poverty: 49.8% (31.6–68.0%)
  • Food Insecurity: 45.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 44.1% (32.4–55.7%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.1%
  • Diabetes: 22.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.9%
  • Unemployment: 12.0% (3.4–21.5%)
  • Depression: 25.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.2–19.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Monroe city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 472 residents.

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