St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church
St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 1421 Blaine Avenue in Indianapolis, IN 46221. It is one of 1,327 churches in Indianapolis, and one of 3 Orthodox congregations in the city.
We desire to express the Orthodox faith through the worship of the Holy Trinity in the Eucharist and in the Sacramental LIfe of the church.
Welcome!We are St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church, a parish of the Orthodox Church in America, located in Indianapolis, IN.
1421 Blaine Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, 46221Service times
- Sunday 9:30am
Phone: +1-317-635-7596 · Website: https://stjohn-indy.org/
St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 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.
- Social Isolation: 37.6%
- Depression: 27.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
- Food Insecurity: 24.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.0%
- Obesity: 39.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.8%
- Poverty Rate: 17.6% (9.5–25.7%)
- Diabetes: 13.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%
- Unemployment: 6.8% (3.5–10.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Indianapolis city (balance) is served by 592 churches — about one congregation for every 1,486 residents.
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- St Athanasius Byzantine Church — 0.4 mi away
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- Gethsemane Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer — 0.5 mi away
- Westview Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church — 0.6 mi away
- West Morris Free Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away