Saint John Baptist Church
Saint John Baptist Church is a church in Jonesboro, AR 72401. It is one of 180 churches in Jonesboro.
Jonesboro, AR, 72401Website: http://www.newstjohn.org
Saint John 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 Saint John 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 nearly half 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 69.6%
- Poverty Rate: 45.4% (33.9–56.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 34.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
- Obesity: 42.7%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
- Depression: 29.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.3% (11.4–25.2%)
- Unemployment: 9.8% (4.5–15.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Jonesboro city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 815 residents.
Churches near Saint John Baptist Church
- Bethany Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wesleyan Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bono Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- North Main Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fisher Street Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Jonesboro General Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fisher Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cogicarkansas — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God In Christ International — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bethany Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- North Main Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Jonesboro General Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fisher Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Redeemer Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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