Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church
Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Ruston, LA 71270. It is one of 83 churches in Ruston, and one of 23 Baptist congregations in the city.
Ruston, LA, 71270Ephesus Primitive 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 Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 27.1%
- Obesity: 44.6%
- Social Isolation: 36.3%
- Poverty Rate: 30.0% (20.1–39.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.3%
- Depression: 28.0%
- Diabetes: 16.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
- Child Poverty: 27.9% (8.5–47.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church
- GracePoint Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Pine Grove Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Saint Peter Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Choudrant, LA
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
- Christ Church — 2.8 mi away
- Longstraw Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Choudrant, LA
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
- Zion Traveler Baptist Church — 3 mi away
- Victory Life Church — 3 mi away
- Mount Pisgah Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- GracePoint Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Peter Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Choudrant, LA
- Longstraw Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Choudrant, LA
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
- Zion Traveler Baptist Church — 3 mi away