Clarksdale Baptist Church

Clarksdale Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 401 First St. in Clarksdale, MS 38614. It is one of 93 churches in Clarksdale, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our church was organized in 1898, with eight members. Over the years our mission has remained the same, a place to worship in a Bible believing church.

Serving since 1898

401 First St., Clarksdale, MS, 38614

Service times

  • Sunday 9:30am · School

Phone: (662) 624-2538 · Website: http://clarksdalebaptistchurch.net/

Clarksdale Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 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 Clarksdale Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.

  • Child Poverty: 60.0% (40.6–79.4%)
  • Obesity: 47.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 38.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.1%
  • Diabetes: 22.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.1%
  • Unemployment: 13.0% (4.6–21.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.4% (18.1–40.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.5% (8.7–20.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0% (10.7–17.7%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Clarksdale city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 346 residents.

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