St Matthew Baptist Church
St Matthew Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 200 6th St in Birmingham, AL 35217-1520. It is one of 848 churches in Birmingham, and one of 32 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
Our Mission is to progressively pursue the restoration of the spiritual, physical, and social condition of the community as we actively engage in reaching out to those who do not know Jesus the Christ as Savior and Lord.
Our Vision is that of an all-inclusive church, ministering to the needs of all God’s people; to transform and empower them through the teaching and preaching of the Word of God.
200 6th St, Birmingham, AL, 35217-1520Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School
Phone: (205) 798-1872 · Website: http://stmatthewdocena.org/
St Matthew Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,551 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 71,418 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.
Ministries at St Matthew Baptist Church
- Children’s Ministries
- Youth Bible Study
- Choir Ministry
- Culinary Ministry
- Men’s Ministry
- Sunday School
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The community around St Matthew Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 41.1%
- Food Insecurity: 30.9%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Obesity: 43.2%
- Child Poverty: 31.9% (16.0–47.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.2% (8.7–21.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
- Poverty Rate: 20.9% (10.8–30.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (1.4–13.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St Matthew Baptist Church
- Pillar of Hope Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Oak Station Church — 0.6 mi away
- Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Tarrant, AL
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Pinson Church of God of Prophecy — 1.1 mi away
- Springdale Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away in Tarrant, AL
- Pawnee Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Rushing Spring Church — 1.4 mi away in Tarrant, AL
- Lily Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pillar of Hope Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pawnee Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Lily Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
- Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
- Mt. Joy Missionary Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Gardendale, AL
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