Bethany is a beautiful multicultural church where you can come and feel like you are among family…read more The people of this church are so nice and welcoming. And the pastoral staff is amazing! The word is so enriching, Christ focused, and applicable to daily living. There are tons of things you can do to get plugged in and serve. I opted to do mentorship and it is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done in my life. This is a community that you can truly grow in and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a church home.

Love the preaching and the people. God is good all the time. Can't get Bethany on my iPhone or my…read moreiPad . So sad. Fix this please.

The Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge is truly a gem to have come across. This church always has many…read moreevents and classes going on. The children's RE program is outstanding. The kids are very active and are always participating in some sort of social justice events. My daughter even attended the Harry Potter Hogwarts camp. Now this was fun! They made candies and such that replicated the cuisine portrayed in the Harry Potter movie. The kids were all split up in 4 houses just like on the movie and put there own spin on playing Quidditch. Aside from the RE pretty much everyone in attendance at this church appear to be very bright individuals who have deemed it necessary to search inward for enlightenment, answer, and truth. This church is very LGBTQ friendly and is seen as a safe-haven for many LGBTQ individuals. This church sponsors the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance and also is active in the Pride events. Also, the church patrons also volunteer for many church sponsored events. Additionally, the church rooms are extended to other groups for such purposes such as NA meetings which is a very personal touch. They also have an annual jazz service and blues service. These are a must-see.

This church is not bad. Overall, it is quite friendly, although it does have a large fraction…read more(about a quarter) of unfriendly people in its congregation. The church has a wonderful service it calls the Listening Room. The Listening Room is a great idea in theory, but it hasn't really been put into practice. The church's "Pastoral Care Associates" (experienced church members with backgrounds in such fields as medicine, nursing, social work, etc.) are supposed to be "available each Sunday morning in [the church's] Listening Room between services and after the second service to provide a compassionate, non-judgment[al] listening ear to members who need them." www.peacestones.org/connect/caring-teams/pastoral-care-associates I certainly needed a compassionate, non-judgmental listening ear, and would have been glad to become a member in order to be allowed to use the service if anyone had asked me to (though no one did), and I got such an ear most of the time when I showed up for the Listening Room. I did meet with a person in the Room on 5 of the 7 times I showed up for it. Twice, no counselor showed up at the scheduled time. On one occasion when I received a "listening ear," however, the counselor showed up very late and had to leave very early, so I actually got an ear for less than 15 minutes. Also, the counselor seemed to believe the Listening Room was only for people in the middle of a crisis, which I haven't been. I can't say the Room did what it held itself out to be doing on that occasion. The Room doesn't purport to be solely for crisis intervention. On the fifth occasion when I met with someone, the counselor also seemed to strongly believe that the Listening Room was only for people in the middle of a crisis, and that persons should only show up for a listening ear an unspecified maximum number of times per year, which maximum I had apparently exceeded. I can find no statement on the church's website concerning a maximum number of visits (once a year? twice a year?), and in fact two of the counselors told me there wasn't any maximum. Also, the information on the webpage gives no indication that the Room is only for people in a crisis. It's slightly offensive to show up for something like the Listening Room and be made to feel you're abusing the Room when the people who offer that service haven't made it the least bit clear who they want coming in and how many times they allow you to use the service. Some of the Associates were actually in the church when the Room was supposed to be (but wasn't) staffed, and could easily have filled in for the missing staff, who were supposedly unavailable for unexpected reasons. I think the Pastoral Care Associates should get other Associates to fill in for them when they can't be there but have agreed to be there. One thing to notice is that the counseling offered (though not always given) at the Room is a case of volunteer work. Volunteer work in general has a number of notorious problems. For instance, some people who volunteer to do things believe that because they are merely volunteering, they don't actually have to do what they said they'd do. I think this is a bad attitude and volunteers who have that attitude should be talked to to see if their attitude can be changed. Volunteer counseling in particular has a special pitfall, potentially: The people who come for counseling may be in bad shape, and their disappointment at not receiving the counseling may worsen their depression or negative state of mind. Also, you can't really tell instantaneously who is in bad shape. A counselor may decide within 30 seconds of meeting someone that that person isn't really in bad shape (and hence the counselor needn't do what he said he'd do), when in fact that person is just very good at hiding her deeply negative state of mind. Thus, I don't think counselors in any context should make snap decisions about whether a person coming in isn't in need of counseling. One of the ministers at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge objects to using the term "counseling" in connection with the assistance provided by the Pastoral Care Associates in the Listening Room. There's nothing wrong with counseling. It almost sounded as though that minister considers counseling an improper activity which he wouldn't want the church to be associated with. Counseling, in any event, is exactly what the Associates do in the Listening Room. The same minister gives sermons on the topic of race relations in the US. He seems to think that the state of those relations is the same today as it was in 1963, which is ridiculous. He is also completely unaware of the fact that most racists in the US today are blacks who hate whites. This minister is, however, a very nice and helpful person.

It's truly God's house of worship and it's non-denominational. I love it every single time I go.read more

We love it here!! Pastor Brown, 1st Lady CC, Ms Jacquie and a host of others here have been true…read moreblessings in our lives. When we visit my mom we are sure to visit Bethany North. We joined this church family and connected with them when we lived here and just as we did my job transitioned me and we moved away, but they have not forgotten us and we have not forgotten them it's been like we've been apart of their blood families for many years they have all been so truly welcoming! The word of GOD received here and the Praise & Worship are truly Heaven Sent! You will not be disappointed it is a place for Everyone and the kids love attending service and often recite passages and lessons learned. Great place!!

I have never really been a spiritual person but I liked the Bible for the lessons it taught. When I…read morejoined this church with my family the Pastors taught straight out of the Bible. Everyone is extremely welcoming. Two years later and I'm now a very deep Christian at just 17. Currently at refuge and I get to me so many beautiful people!!

Absolutely hands down the most amazing and welcome church we have ever gone to! Everyone there was…read moreso genuinely kind and happy to be there, I almost don't want to leave after service!

I have attended this church for the last 30 years. They are welcoming and inclusive. The church…read moreitself is on the National Register of Historical Places. Plenty of opportunity and places to have quiet and meditate; or have social moments and joyful noise. The choir and organ are incredible. They are my church family.

This is a beautiful old gothic style church of the Episcopal persuasion in downtown Baton Rouge…read more Most of the windows are gothic style as well, although the windows behind the altar are more art nouveau so maybe they were changes at some point. The ceiling is a beautiful and simple tongue and groove wood with exposed beams. The church has very good acoustics and is very serene.

St. Anthony's strikes me as a regular Southern Catholic church but with a slight edge over other…read morenearby churches. From the outside it looks rather plain, with no fancy bells and whistles other than a nice statue in the middle of the parking lot. The parking lot itself seems like it can't hold enough cars for a full church, forcing some others to park on the street or around the block. What particularly impressed me about this church was the way it situated its choir which was to the very left of the church, almost unviewable to the rest of the crowd sitting in the middle all the way to the back. They had a projector with the words displayed on the wall of both sides of the altar, allowing people to sing along if they wanted. Also, being that it was such a hot and muggy summer day, the air conditioning was just right - not too cold which was appropriate for mass. Finally, the padding for the kneelers in the pews are fantastic, probably the best I've ever had. The padding was so comfortable it felt like there was a pillow under there. It is a predominantly Vietnamese mass but they have English services as well. I would definitely come back out here again to visit this church and would encourage others in the area who go to mass to give this place a try.

Church of the King offers contemporary weekend worship services that are alive with energy,…read morecreativity, and Bible-based teaching, including dynamic and engaging children's ministry. Timely and relevant youth ministry services are available for Junior High and High School students on Wednesday nights.

Opened in 2009 this beautiful prayer center sits at the end of George O'Neal Road, just around the…read morecorner from White Oak Plantation. The beautiful facility is a place of worship as well as residence to the MERCEDARIAN SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, most notably Sister Dulce Maria. Sister Dulce has been praying with families here in Baton Rouge since the doors opened and has brought much comfort to many, many families. Mine included. The center offers retreats, faith studies, and much more. I highly encourage you to look at their website. They are currently in construction on meditation paths for people to enjoy. For more info check out their website. http://www.cypressspringsprayercenter.org/