Metropolitan Baptist Church
Metropolitan Baptist Church is a Pentecostal church at 2339 N Oakland Ave in Decatur, IL 62526-3129. It is one of 165 churches in Decatur, and one of 5 Pentecostal congregations in the city.
We’re committed to proclaiming that message clearly and living it out practically as we serve our city with the love of Christ.
Metropolitan Bible Church exists to faithfully teach the Scriptures, invite people into saving faith in Jesus Christ, and equip them to share that hope in their homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods.
2339 N Oakland Ave, Decatur, IL, 62526-3129Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Phone: (217) 877-0998 · Website: http://mbcokc.org
Metropolitan Baptist Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 688 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Illinois — 16,682 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
Find Metropolitan Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Metropolitan Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 48.3%
- Food Insecurity: 29.5%
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
- Poverty Rate: 27.1% (18.5–35.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
- Diabetes: 17.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Metropolitan Baptist Church
- Resurrection Life — 0.1 mi away
- Pilgrim Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Decatur House of Prayer — 0.5 mi away
- Abundant Life Christian Center — 0.6 mi away
- Life Builders Church — 0.6 mi away
- Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away
- St Thomas Church — 0.7 mi away
- St. John's Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Life Builders Church — 0.6 mi away
- Cathedral Church Of God In Christ — 1.4 mi away in Cleveland, OH
- Revival Culture Church — 1.5 mi away
- Renaissance — 1.9 mi away
- New Life Church of God — 1.9 mi away