Greater New Bethel Baptist Church
Greater New Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 240 Jefferson Loop in Simmesport, LA 71369-2603. It is one of 11 churches in Simmesport, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
240 Jefferson Loop, Simmesport, LA, 71369-2603Service times
Sundays - 9:30amSunday Worship - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays - 8:00amSunday Worship - 2nd & 4th Sundays - 11:00am (as listed)
Phone: +13189412069 · Website: https://greaternewbethel.org/
Greater New Bethel 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 Greater New Bethel Baptist Church
It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
- Food Insecurity: 30.7%
- Diabetes: 19.4%
- Obesity: 43.3%
- Social Isolation: 37.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
- Depression: 27.5%
- Poverty Rate: 25.3% (16.7–33.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
- Unemployment: 11.9% (3.8–20.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Greater New Bethel Baptist Church
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ the King Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint John Church — 0.9 mi away
- Heart of Worship Church — 1 mi away in Lettsworth, LA
- Saint Matthew Church — 1 mi away
- Tree of Calvary Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Simmesport United Pentecostal Church — 1.1 mi away
- Tree of Life Church — 1.7 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 2 mi away
- Mount Calvary Church — 2.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Mary Missionary Baptist Church — 6.3 mi away in Lettsworth, LA
- Bayou des Glaises Church — 7.8 mi away
- St. John Baptist Church & Cemetery — 17.3 mi away in Evergreen, LA
- Bayou Rouge Baptist Church — 17.5 mi away in Evergreen, LA
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