Highland Baptist Church
Highland Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 520 Olive St, Shreveport, LA, 71104 in Shreveport, LA 71101. It is one of 505 churches in Shreveport, and one of 125 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our goal is to provide a sustainable program of community services at the Highland Center for the working poor of Highland as a means of mitigating poverty and providing hope for their future and for that of the Highland neighborhood.
Highland Center Ministries is a mosaic of congregations and organizations who serve together to develop resources, tools, and existing neighborhood assets for the people of Highland.
520 Olive St, Shreveport, LA, 71104, Shreveport, LA, 71101Website: https://highlandcenter.org/
Shares a ministry location with Episcopal Church for the Highlands and NBCM Church of La.
Highland Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Highland Baptist Church
- Highland Blessing Dinner
- Fellowship Lunch
- The Little Clothesline
- Maggie Lee's Closet
- Closets for Men & Women
- Thrift Store
- First Time Homebuyers
- Free Tax Prep
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The community around Highland Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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.
- Obesity: 48.5%
- Food Insecurity: 42.8%
- Poverty Rate: 39.5% (24.8–54.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.8%
- Diabetes: 21.4%
- Social Isolation: 39.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
- Depression: 30.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
- Unemployment: 11.3% (4.0–18.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (3.2–19.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Shreveport city is served by 224 churches — about one congregation for every 690 residents.
Churches near Highland Baptist Church
- NBCM Church of La — 0 mi away
- Episcopal Church for the Highlands — 0 mi away
- Saint George Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Metropolitan Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Noel Memorial UMC — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Chapel Shreveport — 0.3 mi away
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Phoenix Virtue Temple — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Deaf Mission — 0.5 mi away
- One Blessed Church — 0.5 mi away