Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 908 South Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Springfield, IL 62703. It is one of 164 churches in Springfield, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.

908 South Martin Luther King Jr Drive, Springfield, IL, 62703

Phone: +1-217-522-2513 · Website: https://www.pgbchurch.org/

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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: 56.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 47.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 38.0% (26.3–49.7%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 34.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.9%
  • Diabetes: 24.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.7%
  • Unemployment: 18.8% (8.4–29.3%)
  • Social Isolation: 39.9%
  • Child Poverty: 38.6% (21.1–56.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%

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

Springfield city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,462 residents.

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