Westlawn Baptist Church

Westlawn Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Picayune, MS 39466. It is one of 72 churches in Picayune, and one of 25 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our call is to glorify God and build His kingdom by helping people LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE, and MAKE DISCIPLES.

For generations, Westlawn Baptist Church has been a welcoming family of believers committed to sharing the love of Christ with everyone we meet.

Picayune, MS, 39466

Website: http://westlawnbaptist.org/

Westlawn Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,417 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.

Find Westlawn Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around Westlawn Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 30.3%
  • Diabetes: 18.2%
  • Obesity: 43.9%
  • Social Isolation: 38.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.0% (14.5–35.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.2% (8.9–25.6%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
  • Unemployment: 10.7% (3.8–17.7%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Westlawn Baptist Church

More Baptist churches nearby

See all churches in Picayune, MS · All churches in Mississippi