Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church

Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 5017 Compton Ave. in Los Angeles, CA 90011. It is one of 2,252 churches in Los Angeles, and one of 220 Baptist congregations in the city.

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church was organized March 12, 1925 by the late Pastor, Ben F. Floyd, Sr., when a group of individuals assembled together in a five room house located on 25th street and Compton Avenue.

Serving since 1925

5017 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90011

Service times

  • Wednesday 12pm · Hour of Power Prayer

Phone: (323) 231-1040 · Website: http://stmarkmbcofla.org/

Saint Mark Missionary 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 Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church

  • Prayer
  • Bible Study
  • Tutorial Study

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The community around Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 50.4%
  • Social Isolation: 48.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 39.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 31.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.5%
  • Child Poverty: 38.0% (22.8–53.2%)
  • Poverty Rate: 26.3% (17.4–35.2%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.7% (13.3–26.0%)
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Unemployment: 10.4% (5.9–15.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Los Angeles city is served by 867 churches — about one congregation for every 4,457 residents.

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