Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church
Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 812 South Pearl Avenue in Joplin, MO 64801. It is one of 124 churches in Joplin.
Through prayer and action, we proclaim the Word of God and live out the message and mission of Jesus Christ to know, love and serve others.
Historians say that St. Peter’s Parish had its inception in the hope of a French family by the name of Chantelle.
812 South Pearl Avenue, Joplin, MO, 64801Service times
Monday – Thursday | 9 AM (as listed)
Phone: (417) 623-8643 · Website: https://saintpetertheapostlejoplin.com/
Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 449 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Missouri — 18,926 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Obesity: 45.8%
- Child Poverty: 41.4% (22.4–60.5%)
- Poverty Rate: 37.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
- Food Insecurity: 29.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.0% (15.1–26.9%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Depression: 29.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.3%
- Diabetes: 15.3%
- Unemployment: 10.7% (4.8–16.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Joplin city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 2,033 residents.
Churches near Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church
- Saint Philip's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- SolaceChurch — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Cross Joplin — 0.3 mi away
- Joplin Chapter DeMolay — 0.3 mi away
- Uncommon Life — 0.3 mi away
- Traders Church — 0.3 mi away
- CCC Saturday Night Live — 0.4 mi away
- Joplin First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- St. Mary's Catholic Church — 4 mi away
- Church of Our Savior — 4.1 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 5.6 mi away in Webb City, MO
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church — 6.6 mi away in Galena, KS
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine — 12.6 mi away in Carthage, MO