Straightway Baptist Church
Straightway Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 3300 Bond Avenue 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.
3300 Bond Avenue, East St. Louis, IL, 62207Service times
- Sunday 9:45am · Morning -
Phone: (609) 423-8792 · Website: http://www.straightwaybaptist.com/
Straightway 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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The community around Straightway Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 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: 81.5%
- Obesity: 50.4%
- Food Insecurity: 39.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
- Diabetes: 22.2%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Poverty Rate: 22.3% (7.8–37.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
East St. Louis city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 249 residents.
Churches near Straightway Baptist Church
- Jeremiah Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethel Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Bride of Christ Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Union Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- Fireworks Station Church of God — 0.7 mi away in Alorton, IL
- World-Wide Fellowship Ministries COG — 0.7 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- House of Prayer — 0.7 mi away in Alorton, IL
- Zion Circle Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Alorton, IL
- Full Gospel Church of God & Christ — 0.8 mi away in East St Louis, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Jeremiah Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in East Saint Louis, IL
- World-Wide Fellowship Ministries COG — 0.7 mi away in East St Louis, IL
- Zion Circle Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Alorton, IL
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