No Man’s Land was a strip of ungoverned land between Louisiana and Texas at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. Today, it makes up Allen, Beauregard, DeSoto, Calcasieu, Natchitoches, Sabine, and Vernon Parishes. The first Baptist and Evangelical churches in Louisiana were planted in this territory in the early 1800’s. At least 40 by Joseph Willis.

How are we doing at reaching No Man’s Land today?

• 411,316 people live in these parishes today.
• 39% are Evangelicals
• 39% are None’s (164k people)
• 16% are Roman Catholic
• 4% are Mainline
• 1.5% are members of Cults or Other Religions
• At least 255k people in No Man’s Land do not have a personal relationship with Christ.

SBC/LBC Churches:

• 269 SBC/LBC Churches in No Man’s Land. 1 church for approximately every 1,500 residents.
• 5% of the population attended an SBC Church in 2023. (a little over 21k people).
• 12% are resident members of an SBC Church in 2023.
• 104 out of 269 SBC LBC Churches in No Man’s Land baptized zero in 2023.

Happenings:

• Lake Charles will continue to grow with LNG and other industry development
• Beauregard Parish is growing due to environmental migration after Hurricane Laura.
• Fort Johnson in Leesville continues to be a strategic location for military readiness with a base population around 30k.
• Church Planters, Replanters, Partners are needed to reach No Man’s Land.

Pray for these Planters, planting churches in No Man’s Land:

• Jason Nolde, Branded for Christ Cowboy Church in Leesville.
• Anthony Eaves, The Way Church in Rosepine.
• Bubba Sharpton, First North Church in DeRidder.