Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1530 6th Avenue, AL, 35203 in Birmingham, AL 35203. It is one of 819 churches in Birmingham, and one of 99 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our vision is to have a Bible-centric ministry that will Reach, Rebuild and Reproduce disciples through the power of the Holy Spirit.

1530 6th Avenue, AL, 35203, Birmingham, AL, 35203

Website: https://www.16thstreetbaptist.org/

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

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The community around Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 90.9%
  • Social Isolation: 41.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.6% (20.2–47.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.5%
  • Diabetes: 19.0%
  • Obesity: 43.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4% (11.0–18.2%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (4.3–22.0%)
  • Unemployment: 6.8% (0.2–13.8%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Birmingham city is served by 254 churches — about one congregation for every 722 residents.

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