Ebenezer Baptist Church

Ebenezer Baptist Church is a church at 1049 N Washington St in Opelousas, LA 70570-4359. It is one of 67 churches in Opelousas.

1049 N Washington St, Opelousas, LA, 70570-4359

Phone: (337) 942-4767 · Website: http://www.greater-ebc.com

Ebenezer 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 Ebenezer Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 61.2% (41.4–81.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 58.7%
  • Obesity: 52.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 48.3%
  • Social Isolation: 42.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 41.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 37.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 37.3% (23.6–51.0%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 31.6%
  • Diabetes: 27.2%
  • Depression: 26.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%
  • Unemployment: 6.6% (0.1–14.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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