Saint John Baptist Church
Saint John Baptist Church is a church in Monroe, LA 71201. It is one of 221 churches in Monroe.
Monroe, LA, 71201Saint John 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 — 71,417 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 Saint John 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. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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: 75.5%
- Obesity: 50.7%
- Poverty Rate: 41.3% (30.2–52.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 40.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.8%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.4%
- Unemployment: 11.7% (4.7–19.4%)
- Depression: 24.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.0% (5.0–17.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Monroe city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 472 residents.
Churches near Saint John Baptist Church
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Ludden Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Prevailing Faith Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
- Genesis Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lone Wa Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
- Bread of Life Worship Christ Chruch — 0.6 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Martin Temple Christian Methodist — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Monroe — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Ludden Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mt Olivet Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away