Truelight Baptist Church
Truelight Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1535 Tudor Avenue in East Saint Louis, IL 62207. It is one of 65 churches in East Saint Louis, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
The Congregation of the Truelight Baptist Church resolves to win souls to the Church through the practice, teaching and preaching of the Gospel of Jesus the Christ.
1535 Tudor Avenue, East Saint Louis, IL, 62207Service times
- Wednesday 6pm
Phone: (618) 874-0812 · Website: http://truelight-estl.com/
Truelight 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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Upcoming events at Truelight Baptist Church
- Wed, Sep 23 · 6:30 AM: Prayer Call
- Sat, Sep 26 · 12 PM: Music Ministry — Truelight Baptist Church, 1535 Tudor Ave, East St. Louis, IL, 62207, United States
- Sun, Sep 27 · 9:30 AM: Sunday School — Truelight Baptist Church, 1535 Tudor Ave, East St. Louis, IL, 62207, United States
- Sun, Sep 27 · 11 AM: Sunday Morning Worship — Truelight Baptist Church, 1535 Tudor Ave, East St. Louis, IL, 62207, United States
From Truelight Baptist Church's public calendar (http://truelight-estl.com/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Truelight 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 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: 53.7%
- Food Insecurity: 47.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.5%
- Poverty Rate: 38.5% (21.1–56.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 35.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.3%
- Diabetes: 25.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (0.6–13.6%)
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 Truelight Baptist Church
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Market Avenue Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Pilgrim Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- St. Jude Spiritual Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh AME Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Holy Olivette Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Mount Paran Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
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