The Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge covers all or part of Ascension, East Baton Rouge (Louisiana’s most populated Parish), West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. James Parishes.

• Population: 640,059
• 1 Southern Baptist church (SBC) for every 6,096 persons. Rest of Louisiana is 1 to 2,895. 131 new churches would be needed to get to 1 to 2,895.
• Only 1.1% of the population (7,049) attended a Bible Study in a SBC Church in 2016.
• Only 1.9% of the population (11,861) attended worship in a SBC Church in 2015.
  49% of the population is non-anglo (41% African-American, 3.9% Hispanic, 2.5% Asian) with only 16 non-anglo SBC churches. 1 to 18,154.
• 23% of the population is evangelical, showing that Baton Rouge has a healthier evangelical population than the rest of South Louisiana. 
• Baptisms are down 25% from a high of 757 in 2006. 558 in 2016.
• Association Executive Director is Dr. Tommy Middleton. Staff: Chuck Lowman, Randy Osborn, Dana Truitt, Jan Terral. Check out BAGBR.org.

Some good progress made in 2017-2018 in Church Multiplication: 

• One new Church Plant – Renew Church Baton Rouge.
• Four new Church RePlants – Oak Crest / United Believers; Sherwood / Living Hope; Park Forest / The Church at Park Forest; Logos and Life / Westside Community.
• Repurposed Associational Church Planting Team.
• New churches in the pipeline for Zachary (Living Hope), Ascension Parish (Hispanic).
• Greenhouse Training planned for August 17-18.
• Potential Mission Builder Project at Fellowship South Ascension in 2018-2019.  

Pray for Current Church Planters: