Mount Hebron Baptist Church

The community around Mount Hebron Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 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.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 49.6%
• Child Poverty: 44.7% (25.9–63.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 44.5%
• Social Isolation: 40.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.5%
• Poverty Rate: 34.4% (22.0–46.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 30.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.5%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (7.4–20.0%)
• Unemployment: 7.9% (0.1–15.6%)

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

Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.

Churches near Mount Hebron Baptist Church

• Community Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• The Salvation Army Des Moines Temple — 0.2 mi away
• Bethel Mission — 0.2 mi away
• New Friendship Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Trinity Las Americas United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mission Temple — 0.4 mi away
• New Jerusalem Church of God — 0.4 mi away
• Our Savior's Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Iglesia Nuevo Renacer En Cristo — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Paul African Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away