Historic Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Historic Washington Avenue Baptist Church is a church at 900 N Benton Ave in Springfield, MO 65802. It is one of 336 churches in Springfield.
900 N Benton Ave, Springfield, MO, 65802Website: http://www.drury.edu/social
Historic Washington Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Missouri — 71,417 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 Historic Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 30.5%
- Social Isolation: 37.0%
- Depression: 27.5%
- Poverty Rate: 24.3% (16.1–32.6%)
- Obesity: 37.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.6%
- Food Insecurity: 19.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Historic Washington Avenue Baptist Church
- Stone Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Solid Rock Church — 0.3 mi away
- Timmons Temple Church of God In Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Pitts Chapel United Methodist — 0.4 mi away
- Gibson Chapel Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Assembly of God — 0.4 mi away
- St. Joseph Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Assemblies of God USA — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Washington Avenue Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Springfield — 1.1 mi away
- Great Light Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Freedom Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- South Side Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
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