The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Latter Day Saints church at West Walnut Street in Independence, MO 64050. It is one of 164 churches in Independence, and one of 2 Latter Day Saints congregations in the city.
West Walnut Street, Independence, MO, 64050Shares a ministry location with Independence, MO Stake Evening and Morning Star.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is part of the Latter Day Saint movement family of churches in The American Church Story. 59 congregations of the Latter Day Saint movement family gather across Missouri — 4,546 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the other bodies descending from Joseph Smith's 1830 restoration teach that the New Testament church was restored through a modern prophet, and they read the Book of Mormon alongside the Bible. Latter-day Saints describe themselves as Christians; most trinitarian churches do not recognize their baptism. This map records that disagreement rather than settling it, and lists these congregations because they are part of the religious life of every place they are in.
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The community around The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 33.9%
- Depression: 28.9%
- Food Insecurity: 25.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.3% (9.1–23.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.8%
- Diabetes: 15.4%
- Unemployment: 8.3% (2.2–14.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (11.6–31.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Independence city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,768 residents.
Churches near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Independence, MO Stake Evening and Morning Star — 0 mi away
- Community of Christ Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Temple Organ — 0.1 mi away
- Independence Temple site — 0.2 mi away
- Community of Christ Auditorium — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ (Temple Lot) — 0.2 mi away
- The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Family Life Center / Central Mission Community of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ Zion's Branch — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
More Latter Day Saint churches nearby
- Community of Christ Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Community of Christ Auditorium — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ (Temple Lot) — 0.2 mi away
- The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Family Life Center / Central Mission Community of Christ — 0.2 mi away
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