Saint Francis Baptist Temple
Saint Francis Baptist Temple is a Baptist church at 502 South 17th Street in Saint Joseph, MO 64501. It is one of 57 churches in Saint Joseph, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.
502 South 17th Street, Saint Joseph, MO, 64501Saint Francis Baptist Temple is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 71,418 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 Francis Baptist Temple
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 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 2,300 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: 50.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
- Poverty Rate: 32.5% (21.2–43.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 32.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.3% (14.2–32.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
- Social Isolation: 33.3%
- Depression: 27.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.7%
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
St. Joseph city is served by 53 churches — about one congregation for every 1,304 residents.
Churches near Saint Francis Baptist Temple
- Heaven Road Church of God In Christ — 0.1 mi away in St Joseph, MO
- Emmanuel SDA Church — 0.2 mi away in St Joseph, MO
- Word of Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Awakening St. Joseph — 0.4 mi away in St Joseph, MO
- Trinity Brethern Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Internacional - St Joseph — 0.4 mi away in St Joseph, MO
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Joseph Restoration Church — 0.4 mi away
- Holsey Chapel Independent Christian Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Francis Street First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Patee Park Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Copeland Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in St Joseph, MO
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