Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church
Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 396 Labelle Street in Highland Park, MI 48238. It is one of 26 churches in Highland Park, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
396 Labelle Street, Highland Park, MI, 48238Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 50.8%
- Food Insecurity: 50.2%
- Poverty Rate: 45.4% (29.9–60.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.8%
- Diabetes: 26.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.4%
- Unemployment: 17.4% (5.7–29.2%)
- Social Isolation: 37.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.
Highland Park city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 451 residents.
Churches near Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church
- St. Luke Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Ghost Temple — 0.1 mi away in Detroit, MI
- Greater Philadelphia Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away in Detroit, MI
- Madonna Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away in Detroit, MI
- Catholic Church of St. Moses the Black — 0.3 mi away in Detroit, MI
- Triumphant Life Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Quinn A.M.E. Church — 0.4 mi away in Detroit, MI
- Twelfth Street Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Detroit, MI
- Unity Mission Church — 0.5 mi away in Detroit, MI
- Greater Macedonia Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away in Detroit, MI