Mount Washington Baptist Church

Mount Washington Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 9623 East Independence Avenue in Independence, MO 64053. It is one of 164 churches in Independence, and one of 22 Baptist congregations in the city.

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9623 East Independence Avenue, Independence, MO, 64053

Service times

  • Sunday 10:30am

Phone: (816) 254-5688 · Website: https://themount.cc/

Shares a ministry location with Jesus Christ Teaching Ministries.

Mount Washington Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 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.

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The community around Mount Washington Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 60.7% (42.4–79.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 27.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.5% (13.4–27.7%)
  • Obesity: 41.4%
  • Social Isolation: 35.2%
  • Depression: 28.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.4% (15.3–39.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
  • Diabetes: 15.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
  • Unemployment: 7.2% (2.2–12.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Independence city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,768 residents.

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