Mount Zion Baptist Church

The community around Mount Zion Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third 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 the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 100.0%
• Obesity: 51.4%
• Food Insecurity: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.4%
• Diabetes: 23.3%
• Poverty Rate: 30.0% (13.9–46.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.5%

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

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

Churches near Mount Zion Baptist Church

• Union Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Bride of Christ Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Bethel Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Lightner's Temple Church of Holiness — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Olive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bread of Life Christian Center — 0.4 mi away
• Bethlehem Healing Temple Church — 0.4 mi away
• Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Israelite Spiritual Church — 0.4 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
• Tremont Temple Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East St. Louis, IL