Mount Gideon Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Mount Gideon Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 25.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.1%
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Obesity: 39.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
• Poverty Rate: 20.4% (9.4–31.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (2.1–11.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

University City city is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 1,826 residents.

Churches near Mount Gideon Missionary Baptist Church

• Agape Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Sutter Social Services — 0.2 mi away
• The Gate Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Beginnngs Apostolic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bracy Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church;Bracy Chapel — 0.5 mi away
• Saints Fellowship Mission — 0.5 mi away in St Louis, MO
• All Saints Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Christian Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Pagedale, MO
• Saint Louis Holy Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away in Pagedale, MO
• National Memorial St Louis Holy Temple Cogic — 0.6 mi away in St Louis, MO