Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Metropolitan Missionary 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 a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,400 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.

• Food Insecurity: 29.2%
• Unemployment: 16.7% (6.1–27.2%)
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
• Poverty Rate: 28.3% (16.7–39.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
• Obesity: 38.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

Churches near Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church

• St. Andrew's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Blessed Maria Gabriella — 0.1 mi away
• St. Malachy + Precious Blood — 0.1 mi away
• Greater Bethlehem Healing Temple — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Union Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Gospel Temple Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Greater Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• St Luke Church of God In Christ — 0.4 mi away
• West Side Community Church — 0.4 mi away