Bright Star Baptist Church

Bright Star Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baltimore, MD 21216. It is one of 1,255 churches in Baltimore, and one of 167 Baptist congregations in the city.

Baltimore, MD, 21216

Bright Star Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,023 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Maryland — 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.

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The community around Bright Star Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Social Isolation: 41.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 32.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
  • Diabetes: 19.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
  • Obesity: 44.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.0% (11.7–38.3%)
  • Unemployment: 8.2% (3.3–13.1%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.1%

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

Baltimore city is served by 721 churches — about one congregation for every 810 residents.

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