Saint John Baptist Church
Saint John Baptist Church is a Baptist church at Massachusetts Street in Gary, IN 46407. It is one of 275 churches in Gary, and one of 67 Baptist congregations in the city.
Massachusetts Street, Gary, IN, 46407Saint John Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 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.
Ministries at Saint John Baptist Church
- Food Pantry
- Radio Ministry
- Parking Lot Ministry
- Media Ministry
- Website/Facebook Ministry
- Musicians
- Usher Ministry
- Youth Ushers Ministry
- Hospitality Committee
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Latest from saintjohnbapchurch's YouTube channel: 08-02-26 | Sunday Morning Service | Reverend Dr. Jamey O. Graham, Sr. (all videos).
The community around Saint John Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 60.1% (41.3–77.6%)
- Obesity: 55.2%
- Food Insecurity: 50.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.1%
- Poverty Rate: 39.6% (24.4–54.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 34.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 32.2%
- Diabetes: 28.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.6%
- Unemployment: 12.8% (1.6–26.3%)
- Social Isolation: 37.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.0% (1.7–20.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 9 census tracts near this church.
Gary city is served by 184 churches — about one congregation for every 375 residents.
Churches near Saint John Baptist Church
- Greater Saint Stephen Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Zion MB Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Faith Outreach Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Providence Church — 0.2 mi away
- Israel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Warren Memorial Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Tabernacle Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Institutional Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mizpah Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Greater Saint Stephen Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Institutional Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Unity Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Mount Olive Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Van Buren Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away