Good Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Good Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.

• Child Poverty: 51.3% (31.7–70.9%)
• Obesity: 47.8%
• Food Insecurity: 47.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 35.6%
• Poverty Rate: 32.8% (21.6–44.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.0%
• Diabetes: 21.7%
• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.0% (7.8–22.2%)
• Unemployment: 9.0% (2.9–15.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%

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

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

Churches near Good Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church

• MountainTop Ministries International — 0 mi away
• St. Stephen AME Church — 0.1 mi away
• Christ Cathedral Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• New Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Christ Example to the World — 0.2 mi away
• Church of Christ Westside — 0.3 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Christ Temple of Peace Church — 0.3 mi away
• Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away