Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church
Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 800 Whitelaw Avenue in Wood River, IL 62095. It is one of 18 churches in Wood River, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
800 Whitelaw Avenue, Wood River, IL, 62095Phone: +1-618-254-3848 · Website: http://www.whitelawbaptist.com/
Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 40.1%
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Depression: 23.9%
- Child Poverty: 22.9% (4.8–41.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.7%
- Food Insecurity: 16.4%
- Unemployment: 7.5% (0.0–15.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Wood River city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 882 residents.
Churches near Whitelaw Avenue Baptist Church
- Faith Tabernacle Fountain of Life — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Tab. fountain Of Life — 0.3 mi away
- New Wine Family Church — 0.3 mi away
- East Alton First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in East Alton, IL
- Faith Family Church — 0.6 mi away
- Community Fellowship Church of God of Prophecy — 0.7 mi away in East Alton, IL
- Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Holy Angels Parish — 0.8 mi away
- Wood River United Pentecostal Church — 0.8 mi away