St. Matthew Baptist Church
St. Matthew Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1808 S Crystal Ave in Fresno, CA 93706-2722. It is one of 558 churches in Fresno, and one of 66 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to exalt Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and to lead all people into repentance establishing a relationship with Him.
At St. Matthew, we are a family united by our faith in Jesus Christ. It brings us great joy to witness the love of God transforming lives within our church and community.
1808 S Crystal Ave, Fresno, CA, 93706-2722Phone: (559) 250-3116 · Website: https://stmatthewcbc.com/
St. Matthew Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,843 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,418 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. Matthew Baptist Church
- Hospital Ministry
- Deacon Board
- Evangelism and Outreach
- Culinary Ministry
- Women's Ministry
- Fellowship and Hospitality Ministry
- Youth Ministry
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The community around St. Matthew 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 47.1%
- Food Insecurity: 46.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.5%
- Social Isolation: 40.9%
- Poverty Rate: 36.4% (23.0–49.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 33.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.5%
- Unemployment: 21.7% (9.7–33.7%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.1%
- Diabetes: 19.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Child Poverty: 27.2% (13.1–41.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. Matthew Baptist Church
- Westside Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Evangelist Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Gospel Lighthouse Pentecostal Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Ephesians Community Church — 0.9 mi away
- Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene — 0.9 mi away
- West Fresno Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Providence Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- All Nations House of Prayer Church of God in Christ — 1.3 mi away
- Feed My Sheep Ministry — 1.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- West Fresno Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Providence Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- First Chinese Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away