Saint Matthew Baptist Church of Spruce

Saint Matthew Baptist Church of Spruce is a Baptist church in Kansas City, MO 64134. It is one of 783 churches in Kansas City, and one of 116 Baptist congregations in the city.

Kansas City, MO, 64134

Saint Matthew Baptist Church of Spruce 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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The community around Saint Matthew Baptist Church of Spruce

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off, 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 tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 28.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
  • Obesity: 43.3%
  • Social Isolation: 37.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
  • Child Poverty: 29.8% (10.7–48.9%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
  • Depression: 25.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.5% (9.3–27.7%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.7%
  • Diabetes: 14.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (5.2–17.5%)
  • Unemployment: 6.4% (2.7–10.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

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