Friendship Baptist Church

The community around Friendship 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 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 67.4%
• Obesity: 59.5%
• Food Insecurity: 48.6%
• Poverty Rate: 48.0% (35.9–60.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 35.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.8%
• Diabetes: 22.4%
• Unemployment: 21.5% (10.6–32.3%)
• Social Isolation: 38.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
• Depression: 25.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%

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

Muskegon Heights city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 311 residents.

Churches near Friendship Baptist Church

• Grace Temple Apostic Faith Church — 0.2 mi away in Muskegon Heights, MI
• Greater Deliverance Apostolic — 0.2 mi away
• New Bethel Baptist Evange — 0.3 mi away
• Queen Esther Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Muskegon Heights, MI
• Phillip Chapel — 0.4 mi away in Muskegon Heights, MI
• Refuge Healing Temple — 0.4 mi away
• Beulah Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Muskegon Heights, MI
• Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church — 0.5 mi away
• New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Muskegon Heights, MI
• Holy Trinity Institutional Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away