North Side Baptist Church

North Side Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Fort Smith, AR 72904. It is one of 217 churches in Fort Smith, and one of 34 Baptist congregations in the city.

Fort Smith, AR, 72904

North Side Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,140 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 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 North Side Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 36.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.5% (14.0–27.0%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
  • Unemployment: 14.6% (7.9–21.2%)
  • Obesity: 41.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
  • Child Poverty: 31.4% (15.0–47.9%)
  • Poverty Rate: 25.4% (17.1–33.8%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
  • Diabetes: 16.1%
  • Depression: 24.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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

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