Forest Park Baptist Church
Forest Park Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church at 430 W Elk St in Carthage, MO 64836-3607. It is one of 60 churches in Carthage, and one of 2 Southern Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to prioritize Jesus First by following the Great Commandment and fulfilling the Great Commission.
Serving since 1846
430 W Elk St, Carthage, MO, 64836-3607Service times
- Sunday 9am
- Sunday 10am
Phone: +14173589955 · Website: https://forestpark.church/
Forest Park Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,662 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 71,872 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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Latest from Forest Park Church's YouTube channel: Aug 2nd, 2026 | 10:30am Worship (all videos).
The community around Forest Park 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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 43.7% (29.6–57.8%)
- Obesity: 41.7%
- Social Isolation: 33.2%
- Poverty Rate: 29.8% (17.9–41.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Food Insecurity: 21.4%
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Depression: 25.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (9.1–18.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Forest Park Baptist Church
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Salvation Army — 0.4 mi away
- Carthage Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
- Fairview Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Forest Park Church Carthage — 0.5 mi away
- Tinh Dong Dong Cong Usa — 0.6 mi away
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Life Worship Center — 0.8 mi away
- Grace Pointe Assembly of God — 1 mi away
- New Covenant Church — 1.1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Calvary Baptist Carthage — 1.2 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church Carthage — 1.6 mi away
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away