Mt Olive Baptist Church
Mt Olive Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 1430 Summit Ave in East St Louis, IL 62205-2526. It is one of 83 churches in East St Louis, and one of 5 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
Our purpose at the Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church is to make know to every Man, Woman, Boy and Girl- the redemption that is available through Jesus Christ
The Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1889 under the leadership of Pastor Benjamin Foy.
Serving since 1889
1430 Summit Ave, East St Louis, IL, 62205-2526Service times
- Wednesday 7pm · BIBLE STUDY
Phone: (618) 271-9920 · Website: https://www.mtolivembchurch.org/about-us
Mt Olive 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 — 71,418 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.
Ministries at Mt Olive Baptist Church
- Trustee Ministry
- Willing Workers
- Christian Activities Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Media Ministry
- Voices of Mt. Olive
- Mother Mission
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The community around Mt Olive 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 more than half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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: 100.0%
- Obesity: 55.6%
- Food Insecurity: 54.2%
- Poverty Rate: 45.6% (28.4–62.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.3%
- Social Isolation: 41.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 32.7%
- Diabetes: 27.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 27.4%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (3.4–17.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Mt Olive Baptist Church
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- First United Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Colas Temple Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Ira Grove Free Will Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away in East St. Louis, IL
- Mt Pisgah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Gethsemane Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Temple Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt Pisgah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- United Faith Missionary Baptist — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Summit Avenue Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
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