The church is better known by the name "The Baton Rouge Dreamcenter", but it is part of Healing…read morePlace Church; it's the North Baton Rouge campus.
There's only one service on Sunday at 10:30 AM, and if you don't have reliable transportation (and live in the relatively surrounding area), there are vans, a bus, and even a shuttle that will provide you with a ride to and from the Dreamcenter for FREE, provided you live in the general area.
I've been volunteering/serving at The Baton Rouge Dreamcenter for a little more than 2 years now, and I genuinely love it!
The congregation's diversity is akin to the Occupy Wallstreet members in that it's such a mix of folks from literally all walks of life. I've never known of any other church who genuinely wants, welcomes, invites, fosters, and invests in every single person who walks into the building. The pastor, the leaders, and all of the volunteers are kind, friendly, and make a point to walk through the pews to greet the regular (as well as the semi-regular!) members and visitors before service begins.
ALL are welcome, and I can't stress that enough - addicts, homeless, poor, rich, middle and working class - it doesn't matter!
Walking into the building is like attending a weekly family reunion; skin color is of no matter despite the church's location. The pastor and leaders strive to connect with the members, and also encourage the members to connect with each other.
The pastor, and church as a whole, is very transparent with how they spend the tithe. At the end of each year, you can go online to their website and download Healing Place Church's annual budget breakdown - it's available for the pubic to see! From time to time, in service the pastors will also tell you stats on how the money is being spent for all in attendance to bear witness to - (examples specific to the Dreamcenter) you'll get to know how many hot meals were given to the homeless every week, you'll hear of other instances of people in the community being blessed by giving away 400 hams for families in need for Thanksgiving (every year!), twice a week "Cafe" is held for anyone in need to get off the streets for a bit, enjoy the company of others, enjoy some FREE coffee and a snack, receive FREE groceries, AND if you need, there's a clothing boutique where you can choose FREE clothing!
This place is here to serve the surrounding community, plain and simple.
The sermons are diverse as different speakers deliver the week's message, but are usually pretty good about catering to the crowd. There's typically an emphasis on the message being Spirit-filled, and the place is no stranger to altar calls complete with prayer partners should you need someone to pray over you.
Last but not least, there's FREE child care provided for babies through teens. The church really invests in the youth at the Dreamcenter in an attempt to provide a safe environment for them to be social, and not in the streets, as well as a genuine desire to aid in raising up a strong, Christ-centered next generation.
TL;DR: This place is passionate about serving others, reaching the community, showing Christ, and is filled with integrity.
It's definitely worth trying out for about a month or so to get a decent feel of the place