Ninth Street Baptist Church

Ninth Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Fort Smith, AR 72901. It is one of 216 churches in Fort Smith, and one of 34 Baptist congregations in the city.

Fort Smith, AR, 72901

Ninth Street Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Ninth Street Baptist 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 41.8%
  • Social Isolation: 41.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.9% (16.9–46.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 27.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.3%
  • Diabetes: 18.3%
  • Unemployment: 15.8% (6.1–25.6%)
  • Obesity: 44.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
  • Child Poverty: 30.1% (13.6–46.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.6% (13.1–26.0%)
  • Depression: 25.6%

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

Fort Smith city is served by 138 churches — about one congregation for every 625 residents.

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