New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church

The community around New Mt. Zion 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. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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: 84.2%
• Obesity: 51.9%
• Food Insecurity: 42.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 32.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.2%
• Diabetes: 23.2%
• Social Isolation: 39.6%
• Poverty Rate: 28.2% (13.8–42.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.9%
• Unemployment: 7.3% (0.9–15.1%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.

Cahokia Heights city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 780 residents.

Churches near New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church

• Mt. Moriah COGIC — 0.1 mi away
• Mitchell Tabernacle CME Church — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Shiloh MB Church — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• World-Wide Fellowship Ministries COG — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Fireworks Station Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
• Full Gospel Church of God & Christ — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Strait Gate Church of Lively — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Zion Circle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away