St. Stephen Missionary Baptist
St. Stephen Missionary Baptist is a Baptist church at 69 South Astor Street in Pontiac, MI 48342. It is one of 154 churches in Pontiac, and one of 28 Baptist congregations in the city.
The church motto: “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
From the beginning, the 87 founding members, some who are still with us today, envisioned St. Stephen as a spirit-filled church guided by the Holy Spirit and fueled with the Word of God.
69 South Astor Street, Pontiac, MI, 48342St. Stephen Missionary Baptist 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.
Ministries at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist
- Prayer Ministry
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The community around St. Stephen Missionary Baptist
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 53.0%
- Obesity: 51.5%
- Poverty Rate: 45.9% (34.1–57.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.3%
- Diabetes: 23.8%
- Unemployment: 14.2% (4.7–23.6%)
- Social Isolation: 40.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.9%
- Child Poverty: 22.3% (4.7–39.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (5.7–20.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Pontiac city is served by 134 churches — about one congregation for every 462 residents.
Churches near St. Stephen Missionary Baptist
- Tabernacle of Faith — 0.2 mi away
- Woodside Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Woodside Bible Church - Pontiac Campus — 0.3 mi away
- New Experience Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- World Evangelism Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Eastside Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Pontiac Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Monument of Faith Missionary — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Monument of Faith Missionary — 0.6 mi away
- Greater Rock Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Christian Missionary Baptist — 0.7 mi away