St John Missionary Baptist Church

St John Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 2421 S Hanna St in Fort Wayne, IN 46803-2479. It is one of 361 churches in Fort Wayne, and one of 3 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.

Our mission is to submit fully and to be in complete obedience to the Word of God: The Holy Bible; wherein, the Holy Spirit of God reveals the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, and the Lord of the Church.

Today, the St. John Missionary Baptist Church is home to a variety of auxiliaries and ministries, including the Official Staff, Sunday School, Ministers, Deacons, Missionaries, Nurses' Guild, Courtesy Committee, Usher Board, Mass Choir, and Youth Choir.

Serving since 1925

2421 S Hanna St, Fort Wayne, IN, 46803-2479

Service times

  • Sunday 9am · morning

Phone: (260) 456-8395 · Website: https://www.stjohnmbcfw.com/

St John Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,270 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 71,418 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 St John Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 52.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 46.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 33.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.8% (18.9–42.7%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.3%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.0% (12.8–29.2%)
  • Diabetes: 19.8%
  • Social Isolation: 39.6%
  • Child Poverty: 38.7% (20.5–56.9%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
  • Unemployment: 11.2% (5.0–17.8%)
  • Depression: 26.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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