Petra Missionary Baptist Church

Petra Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Jacksonville, FL 32208. It is one of 1,416 churches in Jacksonville, and one of 190 Baptist congregations in the city.

Petra Baptist Church is a community of believers dedicated to knowing Christ and making Him known. We are built on the solid rock of God's Word, committed to worship, fellowship, discipleship, and service.

Jacksonville, FL, 32208

Service times

  • Wednesday 6pm–8pm
  • Sunday 9am–10am
  • Sunday 10:30am

Phone: (904) 217-7543 · Website: http://www.petrabaptist.com/

Petra Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,713 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Florida — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Petra Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Obesity: 45.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
  • Diabetes: 22.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.8% (19.2–40.5%)
  • Child Poverty: 28.9% (9.8–48.0%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (5.1–17.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Jacksonville city is served by 807 churches — about one congregation for every 1,179 residents.

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