Lake Avenue Baptist Church

Lake Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 820 Alabama Street in Saint Joseph, MO 64504. It is one of 56 churches in Saint Joseph, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

820 Alabama Street, Saint Joseph, MO, 64504

Lake Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Lake Avenue Baptist 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Obesity: 47.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.4%
  • Social Isolation: 32.1%
  • Depression: 27.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.6% (14.5–32.7%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (9.1–23.0%)
  • Diabetes: 15.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
  • Unemployment: 9.9% (1.0–19.0%)
  • Child Poverty: 28.2% (11.1–45.2%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.2%

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

St. Joseph city is served by 53 churches — about one congregation for every 1,304 residents.

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