St Matthew Baptist Church
St Matthew Baptist Church is a church at 812 E 7th Ave in Oakdale, LA 71463. It is one of 21 churches in Oakdale.
812 E 7th Ave, Oakdale, LA, 71463Phone: +13183350172 · Website: https://www.baptistmessage.com/author/baptist-message/page/192/
St Matthew Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St Matthew 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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 30.0% (16.4–43.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 26.5%
- Unemployment: 18.9% (1.8–36.1%)
- Obesity: 44.2%
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St Matthew Baptist Church
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Greater Hayes Chapel AME Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Church of God In Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Oak Hill Community Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Isrealite Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Oakdale Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away