Second Missionary Baptist Church

Second Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 783-3982Find Us304 E Prospect St in Jackson, MI 49203. It is one of 117 churches in Jackson, and one of 3 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.

Equip the saints with the word of God to empower, love and save the lost and reach a dying world.

Second Missionary Baptist Church – A Legacy of Faith and Community Established in 1865, Second Missionary Baptist Church (SMBC) stands as one of Jackson, Michigan’s most enduring and historically significant African American congregations.

783-3982Find Us304 E Prospect St, Jackson, MI, 49203

Service times

  • Sunday 11am · morning

Phone: (517) 783-3982 · Website: http://smbcjackson.org/

Second 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 Second Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 a quarter 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 47.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.2%
  • Social Isolation: 36.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.5% (13.5–31.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
  • Diabetes: 16.4%
  • Unemployment: 9.9% (3.0–16.9%)
  • Depression: 26.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.0%

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

Jackson city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 2,856 residents.

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