St John Baptist Church

St John Baptist Church is a church at 822 W Hickory St in Ville Platte, LA 70586-5130. It is one of 30 churches in Ville Platte.

St. John Baptist Church has mothered thirteen (13) ministers since its’ humble beginning.

822 W Hickory St, Ville Platte, LA, 70586-5130

Phone: +13373633105 · Website: https://stjohnvp.org/

St John Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at St John Baptist Church

  • Education Scholarship Program
  • Praise Team
  • Praise Dance and Stomp Team
  • Red Circle Program
  • Family Life Center

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The community around St John Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 56.6% (38.3–74.9%)
  • Obesity: 52.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 46.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.7% (25.1–48.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 31.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.5%
  • Diabetes: 25.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.9%
  • Unemployment: 19.7% (11.2–28.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 39.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
  • Depression: 27.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (7.6–20.2%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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