Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.

• Child Poverty: 43.8% (28.1–59.5%)
• Social Isolation: 40.9%
• Food Insecurity: 36.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
• Poverty Rate: 26.5% (17.2–35.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Obesity: 39.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (7.5–19.5%)
• Unemployment: 7.9% (3.0–12.7%)

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

Richmond city is served by 80 churches — about one congregation for every 1,526 residents.

Churches near Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church

• Ennis Chapel Church of God in Christ — 0 mi away
• Independent Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
• Sonlight Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
• Greater Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Beacon Light Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Impact Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
• Antioch Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• The House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
• Northern California State Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
• Providence Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away