Eastern Heights Baptist Church

Eastern Heights Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Van Buren, AR 72956. It is one of 81 churches in Van Buren, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.

Van Buren, AR, 72956

Eastern Heights 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 Eastern Heights Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.3%
  • Obesity: 42.7%
  • Social Isolation: 36.4%
  • Depression: 27.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.7% (15.9–33.5%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
  • Diabetes: 15.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
  • Child Poverty: 27.3% (14.4–40.2%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (6.4–16.6%)
  • Unemployment: 8.0% (1.7–14.3%)

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

Van Buren city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 207 residents.

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