Israel Baptist Church

Israel Baptist Church is a church in Detroit, MI 48207. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit.

Detroit, MI, 48207

Israel 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 Israel Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. 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 2,200 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.

  • Obesity: 47.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 40.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 34.9% (21.3–48.5%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.2%
  • Diabetes: 23.1%
  • Unemployment: 16.8% (6.7–26.9%)
  • Social Isolation: 35.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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

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