South Side Baptist Church
South Side Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Fort Smith, AR 72901. It is one of 215 churches in Fort Smith, and one of 34 Baptist congregations in the city.
Fort Smith, AR, 72901Shares a ministry location with Mision Cristiana Salim.
South Side Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around South Side Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 37.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Poverty Rate: 27.6% (18.1–37.1%)
- Depression: 27.3%
- Food Insecurity: 24.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
- Unemployment: 8.7% (2.9–14.5%)
- Obesity: 40.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
- Diabetes: 14.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (7.7–18.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Fort Smith city is served by 138 churches — about one congregation for every 625 residents.
Churches near South Side Baptist Church
- Mision Cristiana Salim — 0 mi away
- Goddard United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Vietnamese Gospel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia La Casa Del Pan — 0.5 mi away
- Christ the King Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Fortress House of Prayer — 0.6 mi away
- Fort Smith Church League Baseball — 0.6 mi away
- Park Hill Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away