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Louisiana unfinished

191 Assemblies of God congregations have the doors open across the state. Ten parishes have none. The map will not be finished until they do.

0Churches across the state

0Parishes with no AG church

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The call

You have felt the pull for a while now.

Most planters describe the same thing. A town they cannot stop driving through. A room of people with nowhere to go on Sunday. A conviction that will not leave them alone.

Planting a church is not a solo act, and Louisiana has never asked anyone to attempt it alone. The network walks with planters through assessment, coaching, funding, and the hard years after launch, because a church that opens and closes helps no one.

You do not need a finished plan to talk to us. You need a next step. That is what this page is for.

The dark ten

Ten parishes with no Assemblies of God church at all.

Not one small congregation. Not one storefront. Nothing. These are the outlined shapes on the map, and every one of them is somebody's hometown.

One of the fastest growing parishes in Louisiana. Prairieville alone holds more people than most Louisiana cities.

PrairievilleCOMMUNITY · +23% SINCE 2010
GonzalesCITY · +25% SINCE 2010
DonaldsonvilleCITY · PARISH SEAT · -10% SINCE 2010
SorrentoTOWN · +8% SINCE 2010
LemannvilleCOMMUNITY · EXTENDS INTO ST. JAMES PARISH · -19% SINCE 2010
DarrowCOMMUNITY · FIRST COUNTED IN 2020
Outside any townABOUT 58% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of St. Amant, Galvez, Geismar, Dutchtown, Duplessis, and Burnside.

Town populations: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census. Bars compare each count to the largest group in the parish. The outside figure combines 2020 town counts with the 2024 parish estimate and is approximate.

Four towns strung along the west bank, directly across the river from Baton Rouge.

AddisTOWN · +87% SINCE 2010
Port AllenCITY · PARISH SEAT · -5% SINCE 2010
BruslyTOWN · -0% SINCE 2010
ErwinvilleCOMMUNITY · +4% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 41% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of Lobdell and Bueche.

Timber country on the western prairie, from Oakdale down to the casino traffic at Kinder.

OakdaleCITY · -14% SINCE 2010
KinderTOWN · -12% SINCE 2010
OberlinTOWN · PARISH SEAT · -21% SINCE 2010
ElizabethVILLAGE · -22% SINCE 2010
ReevesVILLAGE · -5% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 51% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of Grant, Mittie, LeBlanc, and Soileau.

False River country. New Roads faces the oxbow, and the rest of the parish lives along the river roads.

New RoadsCITY · PARISH SEAT · -6% SINCE 2010
LivoniaTOWN · -16% SINCE 2010
FordocheTOWN · -2% SINCE 2010
VentressCOMMUNITY · -10% SINCE 2010
MorganzaVILLAGE · -14% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 60% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of Lakeland, Jarreau, Oscar, Glynn, Lottie, Batchelor, Innis, Lettsworth, and Rougon.

Five small towns in the hill country north of Baton Rouge.

JacksonTOWN · +4% SINCE 2010
ClintonTOWN · PARISH SEAT · -19% SINCE 2010
SlaughterTOWN · +4% SINCE 2010
WilsonVILLAGE · -42% SINCE 2010
NorwoodVILLAGE · -13% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 64% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of Ethel.

One incorporated town. Everything else is countryside, and it includes Angola.

St. FrancisvilleTOWN · PARISH SEAT · -12% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 90% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of Bains, Wakefield, Tunica, Weyanoke, Laurel Hill, and Angola.

Two villages and nearly eleven thousand people spread through the piney woods.

GreensburgVILLAGE · PARISH SEAT · -12% SINCE 2010
MontpelierVILLAGE · -26% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 92% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of Pine Grove.

Delta flatland on the Mississippi. Tallulah carries well over half the parish by itself.

TallulahCITY · PARISH SEAT · -14% SINCE 2010
RichmondVILLAGE · -11% SINCE 2010
DeltaVILLAGE · -18% SINCE 2010
MoundVILLAGE · THE SMALLEST VILLAGE IN LOUISIANA · -37% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 26% OF THE PARISH

Marsh country on the Gulf. Hurricanes Rita and Laura emptied whole communities, and not one incorporated town remains.

HackberryCOMMUNITY · -27% SINCE 2010
CameronCOMMUNITY · PARISH SEAT · -22% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 75% OF THE PARISH

Also home to the unincorporated communities of Creole, Grand Chenier, Grand Lake, Johnson Bayou, and Holly Beach.

The least populated parish in Louisiana, and all three of its towns are shrinking.

St. JosephTOWN · PARISH SEAT · -29% SINCE 2010
NewelltonTOWN · -25% SINCE 2010
WaterproofTOWN · -21% SINCE 2010
Outside any townABOUT 43% OF THE PARISH

264,901

That is how many people in Louisiana live in a parish with no Assemblies of God church. More than the population of Baton Rouge. Spread across 37 towns and the wide open country between them, and not one has an Assemblies of God congregation to walk into on Sunday. Parish populations: US Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Towns and town populations: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census. Church counts: Louisiana Assemblies of God.

Counts come straight from the network church roll. If a church is missing from this map, tell the office and we will set it right.

The math

Four and a half million people, divided by 191.

4,618,189residents of Louisiana

÷191Assemblies of God churches

24,179people for every one church

Divide the state by its churches and the answer is sobering. Every congregation we have, from the largest campus to the smallest storefront, is answering for a crowd of 24,179 people.

That is a bigger crowd than the entire city of Ruston. It would fill the Cajundome nearly twice. And it is the average. In the parishes where we are thin, the crowd behind a single church grows much larger.

Numbers like these are not a scolding. They are a map. They show exactly how much room Louisiana still has for the church you might plant.

4,618,189to 1

one shape, one church's territorygold marks the church you plant

0 churches dividing 4,618,189 residentsEvery resident of Louisiana lives inside one of these territories.Now click anywhere inside the state. Plant a church, and watch Louisiana re-divide.

Planting one on this map took a click. Planting a real one starts below.

The path

From a hunch to a front door that opens.

Fill out the form at the bottom of this page. It takes four minutes and asks for no business plan, no launch date, and no core team. Ryan Keller reads it and calls you.

You hear back within 14 days

A conversation, not an interview. Where you sense the call, what you have already tried, who is with you, and what is in the way. Some of these conversations end with a plant. Some end with a better idea. Both are worth having.

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Planters carry Assemblies of God credentials. If you are not credentialed yet, that track runs alongside this one and our credentialing director will walk you through it.

See the credentials page

You get a coach who has planted before, and a room of planters going through the same year you are. This is the part most planters say they could not have done without.

Copy to confirm with the office

Matching funds, parent church partnerships, and introductions to the section nearest your field. Money is not the first question, but it is a real one, and we do not pretend otherwise.

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The goal was never a launch Sunday. The goal is a church still healthy in year five, and a planter still healthy with it. Support does not stop when the doors open.

One more light on the map

What the network carries with you

You bring the call. We bring the rest.

Coaching

A planter who has already done it, in your corner, on the phone, for as long as it takes.

Funding

Matching support and parent church partnerships, so the first year is not a financial cliff.

Training

Cohorts, residencies, and the LASOM track for planters still finishing their credentials.

Family

Fourteen sections of churches who will pray for you, send people to you, and show up on launch day.

Start here

Tell us about the church that is already in you.

No commitment. No plan required. Just the start of a conversation with the people whose whole job is getting churches planted in Louisiana.

Ryan Keller reads every one of these. He will reach out within 14 days. A person, not an autoresponder.

Who you will hear from Ryan Keller Director, Church Multiplication Network Louisiana ryan@laaog.org

First name

Last name

Phone

City or parish you live in

Nearest section

Are you AG credentialed?

When do you sense this happening?

Where do you sense the call to plant, and why there?

I am okay with the Louisiana Assemblies of God reaching out to me about planting a church.

Before you ask

The questions everyone asks first.

No. Funding is part of the path, not a prerequisite for the conversation. Talk to us first and we will be honest with you about what the numbers look like.

Not to reach out. Planters do carry Assemblies of God credentials, and if you are not there yet, the credentialing track can run alongside your planting track.

Then say that on the form. The map on this page shows exactly where Louisiana is thin, and working out the where is a normal part of the first conversation.

Send them this page. Or fill out the form yourself and tell us who you are thinking of. Some of the best plants in this state started with somebody else noticing first.

No. Parent churches come in every size, and support looks like people, prayer, and partnership as often as it looks like a check.