Jerusalem Baptist Church
Jerusalem Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 835 Florida Ave in Clarksdale, MS 38614. It is one of 93 churches in Clarksdale, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
835 Florida Ave, Clarksdale, MS, 38614Phone: (662) 624-6518 · Website: https://jerusalem-baptist-church-ms.hub.biz
Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 50.9%
- Poverty Rate: 48.9% (34.7–63.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 47.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.7%
- Diabetes: 27.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.2%
- Unemployment: 15.2% (7.3–23.1%)
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2% (11.9–21.1%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.8% (9.2–20.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Clarksdale city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 346 residents.
Churches near Jerusalem Baptist Church
- Church of Christ — 0 mi away
- Bell Grove Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Union Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Carmel Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater First Apostolic Temple — 0.4 mi away
- Christ The King Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Cunningham Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bell Grove Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Union Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Rayford Chapel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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