St. Matthew Baptist Church
St. Matthew Baptist Church is a church at 2908 Louisiana Blvd in East St Louis, IL 62205-1450. It is one of 83 churches in East St Louis.
2908 Louisiana Blvd, East St Louis, IL, 62205-1450Phone: +16188746979 · Website: http://stmatthewbc.webs.com
Shares a ministry location with Morning Star Baptist Church.
St. Matthew Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St. Matthew 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 about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
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- Child Poverty: 90.3%
- Obesity: 48.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
- Food Insecurity: 33.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
- Diabetes: 21.4%
- Unemployment: 19.1% (6.1–32.6%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
- Poverty Rate: 20.6% (7.1–34.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. Matthew Baptist Church
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Lilly Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Moores Temple Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Christ United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bray Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Saint Elizabeth Church — 0.4 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- State Street Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- West End Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Southern Mission Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away