Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.

• Obesity: 47.8%
• Food Insecurity: 35.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.2%
• Diabetes: 19.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Poverty Rate: 29.8% (16.9–42.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.1% (8.0–28.2%)
• Unemployment: 9.5% (2.2–17.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

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

Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

Churches near Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church

• Greater Monumental Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Rock of Ages Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Testament House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
• Christ Tabernacle Church — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Metropolitan Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
• Grace Temple Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Ararat Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away