Bethel Baptist Church of West Monroe

Bethel Baptist Church of West Monroe is a Baptist church at 230 Washington Street in West Monroe, LA 71292. It is one of 113 churches in West Monroe, and one of 25 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our vision is for our church to become a pillar in the community and a hub of activity for Christian outreach.

230 Washington Street, West Monroe, LA, 71292

Website: https://www.bethel-church.net/

Bethel Baptist Church of West Monroe 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 Bethel Baptist Church of West Monroe

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 45.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.0%
  • Social Isolation: 37.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.5% (17.9–41.1%)
  • Depression: 27.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
  • Unemployment: 9.5% (2.4–16.5%)
  • Child Poverty: 25.3% (13.5–37.1%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.9%

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

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