Saint Phillips Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Saint Phillips Missionary 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 51.9% (32.3–71.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 50.3%
• Obesity: 47.3%
• Poverty Rate: 44.0% (28.0–60.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 37.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.9%
• Diabetes: 20.9%
• Unemployment: 13.0% (3.6–22.4%)
• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (5.5–19.8%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

Churches near Saint Phillips Missionary Baptist Church

• Power Hope & Grace Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Hope Apostolic Temple — 0.3 mi away
• Jesurun Christian Center — 0.4 mi away
• Meditation Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Celestial Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• St. Francis Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• SION National Church — 0.4 mi away
• Greater Saint John Missionary Church — 0.5 mi away
• Whitlock Memorial Church — 0.5 mi away
• Spiritually Sound Christian Ministries — 0.5 mi away