St John the Great Baptist Church

St John the Great Baptist Church is a church at 16101 Schaefer Highway in Detroit, MI 48235. It is one of 1,590 churches in Detroit.

16101 Schaefer Highway, Detroit, MI, 48235

Website: http://stjohnthegreatcathedral.org

St John the Great Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around St John the Great 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 46.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
  • Unemployment: 19.8% (9.2–31.2%)
  • Diabetes: 19.4%
  • Social Isolation: 38.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.6% (13.8–41.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.4%

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

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

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