Morning Star Baptist Church

The community around Morning Star Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than 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: 60.6%
• Obesity: 57.4%
• Food Insecurity: 44.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
• Poverty Rate: 35.4% (24.9–46.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 32.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.6%
• Diabetes: 20.9%
• Unemployment: 20.2% (9.9–30.5%)
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
• Depression: 26.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%

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

Churches near Morning Star Baptist Church

• Muskegon Heights Wood Street Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Refuge Healing Temple — 0.3 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Ministerio Apostolico Casa De Oracion — 0.3 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• New Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Phillip Chapel — 0.3 mi away
• Covenant Community Church — 0.4 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Corinthians Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Pathfinders/Temple United — 0.5 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Queen Esther Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away