Damascus Baptist Church
Damascus Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Clarksdale, MS 38614. It is one of 93 churches in Clarksdale, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
Clarksdale, MS, 38614Damascus 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.
Find Damascus Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Damascus Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 49.5%
- Food Insecurity: 44.3%
- Poverty Rate: 44.3% (31.3–57.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.5%
- Diabetes: 25.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.6%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.0% (11.4–22.6%)
- Unemployment: 11.8% (6.3–17.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6% (11.7–19.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Clarksdale city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 346 residents.
Churches near Damascus Baptist Church
- Mt Carmel Mb Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Grove Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Faith Temple COGIC — 0.5 mi away
- Kings Temple Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Greater First Apostolic Temple — 0.7 mi away
- Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Lyon Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Lyon, MS
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt Carmel Mb Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Grove Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kings Temple Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Lyon Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Lyon, MS
See all churches in Clarksdale, MS · All churches in Mississippi