Mount Zion Baptist Church

The community around Mount Zion Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 50.3%
• Poverty Rate: 43.5% (26.5–60.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 42.9%
• Child Poverty: 40.7% (26.4–55.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 32.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.2% (14.7–35.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 22.4%
• Diabetes: 20.5%
• Unemployment: 15.0% (8.3–21.7%)
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near Mount Zion Baptist Church

• Free Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Havenside Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• New Seasons Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Pleasant Green Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Walnut Boulevard Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bethel Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Strangers Rest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mason Temple Institutional Church of God — 0.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

• Pleasant Green Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Strangers Rest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Olivet Institutional Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away