Emmaus Tabernacle Church

The community around Emmaus Tabernacle Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 50.0%
• Food Insecurity: 47.0%
• Child Poverty: 44.0% (32.0–56.0%)
• Social Isolation: 42.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 38.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 25.8%
• Diabetes: 23.5%
• Unemployment: 18.2% (8.3–28.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.4%
• Poverty Rate: 24.9% (15.3–34.5%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.8% (10.0–27.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

St. Louis city is served by 405 churches — about one congregation for every 735 residents.

Churches near Emmaus Tabernacle Church

• Northern Missionary Baptist — 0.3 mi away
• New Direction Christian Church — 0.3 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Mt Ivory Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Siloam M.B. Church — 0.5 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Saint Edward Church — 0.5 mi away
• East Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Life of Jericho Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Total Praise and Worship Center — 0.7 mi away in Pine Lawn, MO
• Fresh Anointing Prosperity Ministry — 0.7 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away