Midway Baptist Church
Midway Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1535 Myrtle Street in Shreveport, LA 71101. It is one of 507 churches in Shreveport, and one of 125 Baptist congregations in the city.
1535 Myrtle Street, Shreveport, LA, 71101Midway Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Midway Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 52.9%
- Food Insecurity: 50.5%
- Poverty Rate: 50.5% (34.0–67.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 34.1%
- Diabetes: 29.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.5%
- Unemployment: 9.1% (1.3–18.9%)
- Depression: 24.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3% (10.1–16.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Shreveport city is served by 224 churches — about one congregation for every 690 residents.
Churches near Midway Baptist Church
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Magnolia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Crusader Temple Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Mission #1 — 0.2 mi away
- Crusaders Temple — 0.2 mi away
- St. Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Evergreen Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hebrew Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Ringgold, LA
- Progressive Christian Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away