Shining Light Missionary Baptist Church
Shining Light Missionary Baptist Church is a church in East Saint Louis, IL 62207. It is one of 65 churches in East Saint Louis.
East Saint Louis, IL, 62207Shining Light Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 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 Shining Light 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 53.5%
- Food Insecurity: 47.7%
- Social Isolation: 40.4%
- Poverty Rate: 39.0% (21.3–56.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 35.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.3%
- Diabetes: 24.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.5%
- Unemployment: 8.2% (1.3–15.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
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 Shining Light Missionary Baptist Church
- Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Gospel Feast Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- New Era Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Truelight Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Jude Spiritual Church — 0.4 mi away
- Market Avenue Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Era Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Truelight Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
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