Forest Park Church
Forest Park Church is a Southern Baptist church at 725 S Highview Ave in Joplin, MO 64801-5538. It is one of 124 churches in Joplin, and one of 3 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
725 S Highview Ave, Joplin, MO, 64801-5538Service times
- Sunday 9am
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (417) 623-4606 · Website: https://forestpark.church/
Forest Park Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 71,417 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 Forest Park Church
- AWANA
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Latest from Forest Park Church's YouTube channel: Sep 13th, 2026 | 10:30am Worship (all videos).
The community around Forest Park 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.
- Social Isolation: 33.7%
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Child Poverty: 27.8% (12.1–43.5%)
- Depression: 26.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (11.0–26.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 16.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (8.0–17.0%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Forest Park Church
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- Villa Heights Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Apostolic Revival Church — 0.5 mi away
- Independent Bethel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Victory Faith Center — 0.5 mi away
- Believer's Connection Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Community Church — 1 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 1.1 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
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