Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 8th Avenue in Phoenix, IL 60426. It is one of 7 churches in Phoenix, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

8th Avenue, Phoenix, IL, 60426

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Mount Zion Missionary 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 34.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
  • Unemployment: 16.9% (7.8–25.9%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.7% (11.3–20.1%)
  • Obesity: 39.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.4%

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

Phoenix village is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 714 residents.

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