Michigan Avenue Baptist Church
Michigan Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 203 South Michigan Avenue in Saginaw, MI 48602. It is one of 192 churches in Saginaw, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our Vision: Drawing upon its rich history of service to God in an urban setting, Michigan Avenue Baptist Church serves as a beacon of Christ-centered ministry to the community through witness, worship, and fellowship in a culturally diverse population.
Michigan Avenue Baptist Church has witnessed for Christ at Michigan Avenue for nearly 160 years and has a congregation of many families that have been members for three or more generations.
203 South Michigan Avenue, Saginaw, MI, 48602Service times
- Sunday 10:45am · Morning
Phone: (989) 793-8555 · Website: http://www.mabcsaginaw.org/
Michigan Avenue 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 — 71,418 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 Michigan Avenue Baptist Church
- Youth Group
- Men’s Fellowship
- Women’s Bible Study
- Prayer Ministry
- Children’s Ministry
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The community around Michigan Avenue 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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third 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.
- Poverty Rate: 41.7% (30.5–52.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 40.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
- Obesity: 44.8%
- Social Isolation: 39.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
- Depression: 28.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Unemployment: 11.3% (5.5–17.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Saginaw city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 1,379 residents.
Churches near Michigan Avenue Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Cross Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. John's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Old Town Christian Outreach — 0.2 mi away
- Bodhi Mind Zen — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS) — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God Seventh Day — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Church — 0.4 mi away
- Freedom Church West — 0.4 mi away
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Guiding Light Bible Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Living Hope Church — 1.3 mi away
- Wolverine State Baptist Headquarters — 1.5 mi away
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away