Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church
Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 17824 John R Street in Detroit, MI 48203. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit, and one of 272 Baptist congregations in the city.
17824 John R Street, Detroit, MI, 48203Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,819 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Michigan — 71,417 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 Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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 the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 88.9%
- Obesity: 45.1%
- Food Insecurity: 36.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.1%
- Diabetes: 18.6%
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
- Poverty Rate: 27.3% (15.0–39.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
- Unemployment: 11.8% (4.2–19.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.
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