Greater Leonard Missionary Baptist Church
Greater Leonard Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1130 Benton Street in Saint Louis, MO 63106. It is one of 486 churches in Saint Louis, and one of 129 Baptist congregations in the city.
Welcome to Greater Leonard Missionary Baptist Church, a vibrant faith community in north St. Louis, Missouri, where we stay on the path as inspired by our annual scripture, Hebrews 12:1.
1130 Benton Street, Saint Louis, MO, 63106Phone: (314) 421-5288 · Website: http://www.glmbc.org/
Greater Leonard Missionary Baptist Church 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 Greater Leonard Missionary Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 55.5% (39.0–72.0%)
- Obesity: 50.7%
- Food Insecurity: 46.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 37.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 34.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.1%
- Diabetes: 21.7%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
- Unemployment: 10.0% (0.7–19.5%)
- Depression: 24.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
St. Louis city is served by 405 churches — about one congregation for every 735 residents.
Churches near Greater Leonard Missionary Baptist Church
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- Parrish Temple Christian Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fresh Anointing Apostolic Church - Old North STL — 0.3 mi away in St Louis, MO
- The Deaconess Anne House — 0.4 mi away in St Louis, MO
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Abyssinian Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Louis Park Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- The Rock City Church — 0.7 mi away in St Louis, MO
- Greater Bible Way Community Church — 0.7 mi away
- Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Abyssinian Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Louis Park Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Stranger's Home Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in St Louis, MO
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