Martin Luther King Avenue Baptist Church

Martin Luther King Avenue Baptist Church is a church at 110 Martin Luther King Avenue in Hattiesburg, MS 39401. It is one of 180 churches in Hattiesburg.

110 Martin Luther King Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401

Martin Luther King Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Martin Luther King Avenue Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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: 31.1%
  • Obesity: 40.5%
  • Social Isolation: 37.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 26.3% (16.7–35.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.0%
  • Unemployment: 9.0% (0.0–18.8%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.3–19.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Hattiesburg city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 689 residents.

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