Mount of Transfiguration Baptist Church

The community around Mount of Transfiguration 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 48.8%
• Food Insecurity: 37.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.0%
• Diabetes: 21.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
• Poverty Rate: 24.7% (15.0–34.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.2% (8.8–25.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
• Unemployment: 6.7% (0.6–14.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

Churches near Mount of Transfiguration Baptist Church

• Zion Grove Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away
• Good Samaritan Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Willis Chapel AME Church — 0.5 mi away
• Faith Is Deliverance Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Andrew United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall — 0.6 mi away
• Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
• Southside First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Love Fellowship Church — 0.6 mi away