Jonesboro General Baptist Church
Jonesboro General 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, 72401Jonesboro General 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 Jonesboro General Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 67.7%
- Poverty Rate: 44.8% (33.6–56.0%)
- Social Isolation: 40.7%
- Food Insecurity: 34.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
- Obesity: 41.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Depression: 29.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
- Unemployment: 8.6% (3.3–13.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (8.2–20.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Jonesboro city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 815 residents.
Churches near Jonesboro General Baptist Church
- Pentecostal Church — 0 mi away
- Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- North Main Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethany Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Northside Christian Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fisher Street Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Wesleyan Church — 0.5 mi away
- Word Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- North Main Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethany Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Word Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Fisher Street Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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