Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 605 S 34th St in Mt Vernon, IL 62864-6203. It is one of 32 churches in Mt Vernon, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
We exist to delight in God, display His grace, and declare His gospel all through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Serving since 1906
605 S 34th St, Mt Vernon, IL, 62864-6203Service times
- Wednesday 6pm · Evenings
Phone: +16182441706 · Website: http://www.2bcmtv.org/
Second Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 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 Second Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 42.4%
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Food Insecurity: 21.4%
- Unemployment: 9.0% (3.2–14.8%)
- Child Poverty: 28.8% (10.7–46.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
- Depression: 23.3%
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (12.6–28.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Second Baptist Church
- Southwest Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- West Salem Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away in Mount Vernon, IL
- Free Will Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away in Mount Vernon, IL
- Christian Fellowship Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mount Vernon Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away in Mount Vernon, IL
- West Side Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Mount Vernon, IL
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- Sugar Camp Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Logan Street Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- South Side Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Mount Vernon, IL
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