Jeremiah Baptist Church
Jeremiah Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 538 South 35th Street in East St. Louis, IL 62207. It is one of 21 churches in East St. Louis, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.
In 2006 we looked to purchase a building for The Jeremiah Call Christ Ministry. A ministry founded by Marla P. Goodwin in 2004 to teach, train and empower growing Christians.
538 South 35th Street, East St. Louis, IL, 62207Website: http://churchjeremiah.weebly.com/
Jeremiah Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Jeremiah Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 84.7%
- Obesity: 50.8%
- Food Insecurity: 39.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.1%
- Diabetes: 22.5%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Poverty Rate: 23.1% (8.6–37.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Jeremiah Baptist Church
- Straightway Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethel Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Bride of Christ Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Fireworks Station Church of God — 0.6 mi away in Alorton, IL
- World-Wide Fellowship Ministries COG — 0.6 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- House of Prayer — 0.6 mi away in Alorton, IL
- Full Gospel Church of God & Christ — 0.6 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Shiloh MB Church — 0.6 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Mitchell Tabernacle CME Church — 0.7 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Zion Circle Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Alorton, IL