Saint John Baptist Church

Saint John Baptist Church is a church in Greenville, MS 38701. It is one of 149 churches in Greenville.

Greenville, MS, 38701

Website: https://www.greatersjmbc.org/contact

Saint John 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 Saint John Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

Child Poverty: 78.7%
Food Insecurity: 59.6%
Obesity: 53.6%
Poverty Rate: 51.2% (35.0–67.3%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 48.0%
Housing Insecurity: 41.7%
Social Isolation: 40.1%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.7%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 34.3%
Transportation Barriers: 31.9%
Diabetes: 29.9%
Unemployment: 17.0% (5.9–28.4%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.6%

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

Greenville city is served by 72 churches — about one congregation for every 310 residents.

Churches near Saint John Baptist Church

Hopewell Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Full Gospel Temple — 0.2 mi away
Vessels of Mercy — 0.2 mi away
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
New Hope First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Mount Carmel Church — 0.3 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Unity Faith M B Church — 0.3 mi away
Kindling Star Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Hopewell Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
New Hope First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

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