Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mount Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Peoria, IL 61605. It is one of 236 churches in Peoria, and one of 36 Baptist congregations in the city.
Mt. Zion exists to Progressively Transform Lives, Influence Communities, Strengthen Families and Guide in Purpose.
It is our primary objective to equip our members to successfully make disciples of Christ in the relationship of family, friends, and business associates in our local community.
Peoria, IL, 61605Service times
- Sunday 11am
- Wednesday 1pm
- Wednesday 5:30pm
Mount Zion 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 — 71,420 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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Latest from Mt Zion Baptist Church - Peoria's YouTube channel: Sunday Service September 13th, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Mount Zion Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 45.5%
- Food Insecurity: 38.0%
- Poverty Rate: 35.2% (19.7–50.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.6%
- Diabetes: 19.6%
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.1%
- Unemployment: 11.5% (3.3–19.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Peoria city is served by 130 churches — about one congregation for every 773 residents.
Churches near Mount Zion Baptist Church
- Emmanuel Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Love in Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Servant Of Christ Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- New Beginnings Worship Center of the Apostolic Faith — 0.3 mi away
- United Mennonite Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Greater Wisdom Pentecostal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary Full Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Howett Street Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- New Life Christian Church — 0.6 mi away in West Peoria, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Love in Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Southern Valley Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Luke Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away