Strategizing today with leaders from the Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge.

• Population: 657,982
• 1 Southern Baptist church (SBC) for every 7,311 persons. The rest of Louisiana is around 1 to 3,000. 129 new churches would be needed to get to 1 to 3,000.
• Only 1% of the population (6,785) attended a Bible Study in a SBC Church in 2023. That’s down 12% over the last 10 years.
• Only 1.5% of the population (9,895) attended worship in a SBC Church in 2023. That’s down 23% over the last 10 years.
• 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.
• 29% of the population is evangelical, showing that Baton Rouge has a healthier evangelical population than the rest of South Louisiana. 
• Baptisms are down 20% over the last 10 years.

Estimates are that 62% of the population of Greater Baton Rouge does not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That’s 407,949 souls. The Vision of Send Network Louisiana is to reach 1% of that lost population through Church Planting over the next decade. We can reach that goal by planting 33 new churches that each baptize 125 people.

Pray for planters, partners, and resources to reach our state capital. And pray for the existing 90 churches to be strengthened by the Holy Spirit and fruitful in their gospel efforts across the GBR.