Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 456 Arthur Avenue in Pontiac, MI 48341. It is one of 154 churches in Pontiac, and one of 27 Baptist congregations in the city.

456 Arthur Avenue, Pontiac, MI, 48341

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Mt. Zion 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 46.2%
  • Child Poverty: 44.7% (25.1–64.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 35.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Diabetes: 19.0%
  • Social Isolation: 37.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.6% (18.7–38.5%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
  • Unemployment: 11.7% (6.0–17.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Pontiac city is served by 134 churches — about one congregation for every 462 residents.

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