New Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church

The community around New Mount Pleasant Missionary 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. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,400 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.

• Food Insecurity: 52.5%
• Obesity: 47.3%
• Social Isolation: 42.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 40.8%
• Poverty Rate: 39.5% (24.9–54.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 25.7%
• Diabetes: 19.5%
• Unemployment: 17.6% (9.6–25.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%

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

Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

Churches near New Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church

• Plain Talk Missionary Baptist — 0.1 mi away
• Jesus Christ Holy MB Church — 0.1 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
• The First Grace Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint James Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Lawndale Christian Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
• Emanuel Healing Temple — 0.2 mi away
• Kedvale New Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Jehovahs Witnesses Lawndale Unit — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away