Saint Johns Baptist Church

Saint Johns Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 427 Market Street in Alton, IL 62002. It is one of 71 churches in Alton, and one of 13 Baptist congregations in the city.

427 Market Street, Alton, IL, 62002

Service times

  • Sunday 9:30am · School takes place

Phone: +1-618-465-5954 · Website: https://www.sjmbc.net/church/

Saint Johns Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 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 Johns Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 44.1%
  • Social Isolation: 34.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 21.6% (11.0–32.2%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
  • Diabetes: 14.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.1%

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

Alton city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 640 residents.

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