Mt. Canaan Baptist Church
Mt. Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1666 Alston Street in Shreveport, LA 71101. It is one of 535 churches in Shreveport, and one of 165 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, 71101Service times
Saturday before 2nd Sunday at 10:00 am (as listed)
Phone: (318) 227-9993 · Website: http://www.mountcanaan.com/
Mt. Canaan 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 — 71,419 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 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
More Baptist churches nearby
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Rest Baptist 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
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