Morning Star Baptist Church

The community around Morning Star Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 89.5%
• Obesity: 48.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
• Food Insecurity: 32.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
• Diabetes: 21.4%
• Unemployment: 19.0% (6.1–32.5%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
• Poverty Rate: 20.5% (7.0–34.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.8%

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

East St. Louis city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 249 residents.

Churches near Morning Star Baptist Church

• St. Matthew Baptist Church — 0 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Lilly Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Moores Temple Church of God — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Christ United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Bray Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Elizabeth Church — 0.4 mi away
• State Street Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• West End Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Southern Mission Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in East St Louis, IL