Springfield Southern Baptist Church
Springfield Southern Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 225 North Grand Avenue East in Springfield, IL 62702. It is one of 164 churches in Springfield, and one of 22 Baptist congregations in the city.
225 North Grand Avenue East, Springfield, IL, 62702Phone: (217) 544-0863
Springfield Southern 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 Springfield Southern Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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: 47.7%
- Food Insecurity: 26.0%
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Poverty Rate: 27.9% (16.4–39.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
- Child Poverty: 24.8% (11.3–38.3%)
- Depression: 23.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
- Unemployment: 8.0% (2.4–13.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Springfield city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,462 residents.
Churches near Springfield Southern Baptist Church
- St Joseph Church — 0.3 mi away
- Destiny Church — 0.3 mi away
- House of Prayer Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Third Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Kumler United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Fresh Visions Community Church — 0.7 mi away
- Abundant Faith Christian Center — 0.8 mi away
- Abundant Faith West Reynolds Campus — 0.8 mi away
- Springfield Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Broken Chains Church — 1.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Holy City Church — 1.2 mi away
- Union Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Fairview Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- East Keys Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Eastview Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
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