Saint Matthews Missionary Baptist Church
Saint Matthews Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Benton Heights, MI 49022. It is one of 17 churches in Benton Heights, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
Benton Heights, MI, 49022Saint Matthews Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,851 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Michigan — 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 Saint Matthews Missionary 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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: 60.6%
- Food Insecurity: 56.4%
- Obesity: 55.8%
- Poverty Rate: 45.2% (32.5–57.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 36.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 30.8%
- Diabetes: 23.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
- Depression: 28.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
- Unemployment: 8.9% (1.7–16.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Benton Heights is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 278 residents.
Churches near Saint Matthews Missionary Baptist Church
- Highland Avenue Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- McCoy’s Old landmark Ministries — 0.1 mi away in Benton Harbor, MI
- Refreshing Fountain Outreach — 0.1 mi away in Benton Harbor, MI
- Christian Light Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fellowship Baptist Mission Church — 0.2 mi away in Benton Harbor, MI
- Saint John Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Israelite Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Paradise Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Greater Faith Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Full Gospel Tabernacle — 0.5 mi away in Benton Harbor, MI
More Baptist churches nearby
- Christian Light Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fellowship Baptist Mission Church — 0.2 mi away in Benton Harbor, MI
- Saint John Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Israelite Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Paradise Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
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