Saint Mark the Baptist Church
Saint Mark the Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waterloo, IA 50707. It is one of 126 churches in Waterloo, and one of 21 Baptist congregations in the city.
Waterloo, IA, 50707Website: http://www.markbaptistchurch.com
Saint Mark the Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 601 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Iowa — 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 Saint Mark the Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 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 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.
- Obesity: 52.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
- Food Insecurity: 31.1%
- Unemployment: 20.8% (9.6–31.9%)
- Diabetes: 20.1%
- Social Isolation: 35.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Waterloo city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.
Churches near Saint Mark the Baptist Church
- Pastor Stephen Stevens — 0.2 mi away
- Community Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Corinthian Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God in Christ - Gospel Temple — 0.6 mi away
- Gospel Temple Church — 0.7 mi away
- Payne Memorial Ame Church — 0.8 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 1 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Union Missionary Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Community Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Corinthian Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Union Missionary Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away