Metropolitan Baptist Temple

The community around Metropolitan Baptist Temple

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 48.3%
• Child Poverty: 43.5% (28.4–58.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 41.9%
• Poverty Rate: 40.7% (28.9–52.5%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.9% (18.6–33.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.2%
• Diabetes: 19.3%
• Unemployment: 13.5% (5.9–21.2%)
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Kansas City city is served by 142 churches — about one congregation for every 1,094 residents.

Churches near Metropolitan Baptist Temple

• Forest Grove Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Ame Church — 0.2 mi away
• First A.M.E. Church — 0.2 mi away
• Eighth Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Peter CME Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Hmong CMA Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mujeres Del Reino Kansas — 0.3 mi away
• Casa de Dios Para las Naciones — 0.3 mi away
• Greater Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

• Forest Grove Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Eighth Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Salem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away