Saint Marks Missionary Baptist Church
Saint Marks Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in East Saint Louis, IL 62205. It is one of 65 churches in East Saint Louis, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
East Saint Louis, IL, 62205Shares a ministry location with Emmanuel Temple Church of God In Christ.
Saint Marks Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,417 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 Marks Missionary Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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: 55.0%
- Food Insecurity: 52.4%
- Poverty Rate: 48.8% (29.8–67.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.1%
- Social Isolation: 41.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.3%
- Diabetes: 26.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (1.5–12.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
East St. Louis city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 249 residents.
Churches near Saint Marks Missionary Baptist Church
- Emmanuel Temple Church of God In Christ — 0 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Light Of Christ Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Word-Life Spiritual — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Wisdom Way Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- United Faith Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Holiness Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Good Shepherd of Faith United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- LightHouse Apostolic Healing Mission — 0.3 mi away
- The Body of Christ ESTL — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- United Faith Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Holy Olivette Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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