Southern Avenue Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Southern Avenue Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Food Insecurity: 33.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.5% (14.5–30.5%)
• Social Isolation: 36.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
• Poverty Rate: 22.8% (11.9–33.6%)
• Obesity: 37.5%
• Child Poverty: 23.1% (7.0–39.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
• Diabetes: 14.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Southern Avenue Missionary Baptist Church

• Rio Vista Baptist Center — 0.1 mi away
• Family of Faith Ministries — 0.4 mi away
• Church of the Living God CWFF — 0.5 mi away
• Jericho Tabernacle — 0.5 mi away
• Church of Christ at the Vineyard — 0.6 mi away
• Community Outreach Ministry Church — 0.6 mi away
• Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• South Mountain Community Church - Phoenix — 0.7 mi away
• Roeser Road Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
• Greater Paradise Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away