St. John Baptist Church-Edgewater

St. John Baptist Church-Edgewater is a church in Birmingham, AL. It is one of 848 churches in Birmingham.

Birmingham, AL

Phone: +12052815404 · Website: https://stjohnedgewater91.wixsite.com/stjohnedgewater

St. John Baptist Church-Edgewater is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,553 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 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 St. John Baptist Church-Edgewater

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

Obesity: 50.2%
Food Insecurity: 44.1%
Social Isolation: 42.7%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.7%
Housing Insecurity: 30.8%
Diabetes: 26.3%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.8%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
Poverty Rate: 27.8% (16.4–39.2%)
Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (8.6–25.3%)
Unemployment: 11.6% (3.2–20.0%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

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

Churches near St. John Baptist Church-Edgewater

Holy Family Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away in Ensley, AL
Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
Lily Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Pike Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
Abyssinia Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Greater New Beginning Apostolic Church — 0.3 mi away
Ensley Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
New Salem Primitive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Lily Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Pike Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Abyssinia Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
New Salem Primitive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

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