Highland Baptist Church
Highland Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Laurel, MS 39440. It is one of 144 churches in Laurel, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our motto-His Heart, His People, His Way.
Highland Church exists to…Love God with our very lives, abiding in Him, knowing, magnifying, obeying, and serving Him- everywhere, with everyone, all the time(Deut. 6:4-5, John 15:5, Phil 3:9-10).
Laurel, MS, 39440Service times
- Wednesday 6pm
Website: https://www.highlandchurch.net/small-groups
Highland Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 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.
Ministries at Highland Baptist Church
- After-school tutoring
- Community music program
- Local need-based ministries
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The community around Highland 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. About 2 in 3 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.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 69.0%
- Obesity: 48.1%
- Poverty Rate: 41.8% (29.5–54.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 37.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.4%
- Diabetes: 20.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Laurel city is served by 45 churches — about one congregation for every 217 residents.
Churches near Highland Baptist Church
- Audubon Drive Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Covenant Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Fifth Avenue Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Evangel AG — 0.6 mi away
- Franklin United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Fifth Avenue Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Park Haven Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Audubon Drive Bible Church — 1 mi away
- Providence Baptist Church — 1 mi away
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