Pleasant Green Baptist Church

The community around Pleasant Green 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 63.3% (44.3–83.4%)
• Obesity: 50.4%
• Food Insecurity: 40.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 33.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.8%
• Diabetes: 23.0%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Poverty Rate: 17.4% (9.2–25.6%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.9–18.6%)
• Unemployment: 8.0% (1.5–14.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

Churches near Pleasant Green Baptist Church

• Saint Paul United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
• St. Luke Memorial Worship & Deliverance Outreach Center — 0.2 mi away
• Bethlehem Antioch Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Haven of Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Augustine's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Rosser Simpson Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Metropolitan AME Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Is the Love Church — 0.3 mi away
• Apostles' Doctrine Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
• Rescue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away