St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church
St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 2011 E St Catherine Ave in Phoenix, AZ 85042-4666. It is one of 987 churches in Phoenix, and one of 4 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
We are empowered by the spirit; Rooted in the truth; And mobilized for the mission at hand.
South Phoenix Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1958 by Rev. W. B. Smith and a dedicated group of members, holding its first services in various locations before securing a permanent building in 1959.
Serving since 1958
2011 E St Catherine Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 85042-4666Phone: (602) 268-1677 · Website: https://www.sphxbc.org/
St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 508 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arizona — 71,417 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.
Ministries at St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church
- Support for the Homeless
- Youth Education Programs
- From Boyhood to Manhood
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The community around St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 28.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.6% (13.2–30.0%)
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
- Obesity: 36.3%
- Child Poverty: 25.3% (9.5–41.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.7% (10.5–25.0%)
- Diabetes: 14.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%
- Unemployment: 7.7% (2.4–13.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church
- Church of God In Christ Congregational — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Christ at the Vineyard — 0.6 mi away
- SouthGate Church — 0.7 mi away
- Rio Vista Baptist Center — 0.8 mi away
- Abundant Life World Ministries — 0.8 mi away
- Roeser Road Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Southern Avenue Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Gethsemane Garden of Prayer Church — 1 mi away
- Greater Paradise Church of God in Christ — 1.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Rio Vista Baptist Center — 0.8 mi away
- Riverside Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- South Phoenix Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Union Institutional Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Victory Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away