Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Jonesboro, AR 72401. It is one of 180 churches in Jonesboro, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.

Jonesboro, AR, 72401

Friendship Missionary 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 Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 46.7% (27.0–66.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 26.0%
  • Obesity: 41.7%
  • Social Isolation: 36.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
  • Depression: 27.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.2% (15.6–34.8%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.7% (1.0–12.7%)

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

Jonesboro city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 815 residents.

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