John Divine Missionary Baptist

John Divine Missionary Baptist is a church at 655 N 28th St in East St Louis, IL 62205-2209. It is one of 83 churches in East St Louis.

655 N 28th St, East St Louis, IL, 62205-2209

Phone: (618) 271-1626 · Website: http://www.biblestudiesineaststlouisil.com

John Divine Missionary Baptist 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 John Divine Missionary Baptist

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: 97.0%
  • Obesity: 49.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
  • Diabetes: 23.3%
  • Unemployment: 22.7% (7.5–38.3%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.2%
  • Social Isolation: 38.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.7% (9.7–37.8%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

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