Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 100.0%
• Obesity: 52.9%
• Food Insecurity: 46.0%
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.9%
• Poverty Rate: 35.5% (18.5–52.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 34.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.1%
• Diabetes: 24.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
• Unemployment: 7.5% (0.8–14.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

East St. Louis city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 249 residents.

Churches near Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church

• Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Truelight Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Shiloh AME Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Pilgrim Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Illinois Southeast Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Greater Liberty Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Shining Light Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• New Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East St. Louis, IL