Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Mount Carmel Baptist Church is a church at 955 South Walnut Street in Las Cruces, NM 88001. It is one of 165 churches in Las Cruces.

955 South Walnut Street, Las Cruces, NM, 88001

Mount Carmel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, 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 tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 31.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.4% (18.9–41.9%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.6%
  • Unemployment: 12.4% (3.8–21.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 35.9%
  • Child Poverty: 31.2% (11.4–51.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
  • Diabetes: 15.0%
  • Obesity: 39.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
  • Depression: 23.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.

Las Cruces city is served by 96 churches — about one congregation for every 981 residents.

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