Jenkins Memorial Baptist Church
Jenkins Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 111 Oak Dr in St Martinville, LA 70582-4313. It is one of 12 churches in St Martinville.
Our 3-fold purpose is to Exalt the Savior through Worship, Edify the Saints through God’s Word, and Evangelize through our Witness in the World.
Jenkins Memorial Baptist Church was organized August 5, 1948. It was named in memory of Mary Lou Jenkins who was instrumental in bringing Baptist mission work to South Louisiana.
Serving since 1948
111 Oak Dr, St Martinville, LA, 70582-4313Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School Bible Study
Phone: (337) 394-3032 · Website: https://www.jenkinsmemorialbaptistchurch.com/
Jenkins Memorial 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 — 71,420 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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Latest from Jenkins Memorial Baptist Church's YouTube channel: "What Does It Take?" Philippians 3:7-11, Hebrews 12:5-11 (all videos).
The community around Jenkins Memorial Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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: 64.7%
- Obesity: 49.9%
- Food Insecurity: 33.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
- Diabetes: 20.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
- Unemployment: 8.5% (0.3–16.8%)
- Depression: 26.0%
- Poverty Rate: 18.5% (9.1–27.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Jenkins Memorial Baptist Church
- Union Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mallalieu United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Notre Dame Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away in Saint Martinville, LA
- Saint Martin de Tours Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away in Saint Martinville, LA
- St Theresa's Hall — 1 mi away
- Community of Jesus Crucified — 1.1 mi away
- St Martinville First Apostolic Church — 1.3 mi away in Saint Martinville, LA
- Greater First Apostolic Church — 1.4 mi away
- Disciples Of Christ Jesus - St.Martinville,La — 1.4 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 1.7 mi away
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- Church Acadiana — 7.2 mi away in Broussard, LA
- First Baptist Church — 7.5 mi away in New Iberia, LA
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