Mt. Canaan Baptist Church
Mt. Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1666 Alston Street, Shreveport, LA, 71101 in Shreveport, LA 71101. It is one of 505 churches in Shreveport, and one of 125 Baptist congregations in the city.
The mission of the Mount Canaan Baptist Church is to continue to become more of a Christ-centered ministry through worship, the study of the Word, through the fellowship of the believers, and the equipping of the saints to be viable Kingdom representatives in their homes, communities, and the world.
Mount Canaan has experienced phenomenal growth during the early years of Pastor Oliver’s leadership. Our membership has increased by well over two hundred members, and we have continued as a leading congregation in transforming ourselves and others into the image of Jesus Christ.
1666 Alston Street, Shreveport, LA, 71101, Shreveport, LA, 71101Website: http://www.mountcanaan.com/
Mt. Canaan Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Mt. Canaan Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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: 77.4%
- Food Insecurity: 53.2%
- Obesity: 53.1%
- Poverty Rate: 53.0% (37.3–68.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.9%
- Social Isolation: 41.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.0%
- Diabetes: 28.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.2%
- Unemployment: 12.2% (3.9–22.5%)
- Depression: 25.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4% (10.8–18.1%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Shreveport city is served by 224 churches — about one congregation for every 690 residents.
Churches near Mt. Canaan Baptist Church
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Mission #1 — 0.2 mi away
- St. Rest Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Word of Faith Church — 0.3 mi away
- Crusaders Temple — 0.3 mi away
- Crusader Temple Church — 0.3 mi away
- Triumph Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Midway Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away