Bales Avenue Community Church
Bales Avenue Community Church is a church at 3414 East 12th Street in Kansas City, MO 64127. It is one of 784 churches in Kansas City.
3414 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64127Website: https://www.balesbaptist.com
Shares a ministry location with Central Baptist Church.
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The community around Bales Avenue Community Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly 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: 75.5%
- Obesity: 45.2%
- Food Insecurity: 41.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
- Poverty Rate: 32.0% (18.7–45.3%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 31.3% (18.3–44.3%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.7%
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.3%
- Diabetes: 17.7%
- Unemployment: 11.0% (3.9–18.2%)
- Depression: 24.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.
Churches near Bales Avenue Community Church
- Central Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Victory Temple Church — 0.1 mi away
- Gospel Lighthouse Church — 0.1 mi away
- Maranatha Church — 0.1 mi away
- Friendly Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Worship & Love Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace United Church — 0.3 mi away
- Our Redeemer Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Rock Family Church of Kansas City — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Rosa de Saron — 0.5 mi away