Progressive Baptist Church

The community around Progressive Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 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 half of adults live with obesity. 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: 89.3%
• Obesity: 56.7%
• Food Insecurity: 46.5%
• Poverty Rate: 42.8% (28.5–57.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.9%
• Diabetes: 24.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.2%
• Unemployment: 18.1% (3.4–32.9%)
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Depression: 23.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (5.5–17.2%)

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

Blytheville city is served by 46 churches — about one congregation for every 188 residents.

Churches near Progressive Baptist Church

• New Bethel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Bethel M B C Blytheville — 0.3 mi away
• New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Pentecostal Church House of Praises — 0.4 mi away
• Gospel Temple Church of God — 0.5 mi away
• Nehemiah Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Tabernacle Church of God — 0.6 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away