Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church

Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church is a church in Gulfport, MS. It is one of 161 churches in Gulfport.

Gulfport, MS

Phone: (228) 864-2814 · Website: http://www.mercyseatmbc.com/

Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,419 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 Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

Food Insecurity: 28.0%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.0% (16.3–31.8%)
Unemployment: 14.3% (3.8–24.9%)
Obesity: 40.6%
Social Isolation: 37.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
Poverty Rate: 22.1% (9.5–34.6%)
Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
Diabetes: 16.6%
Child Poverty: 22.9% (8.5–39.6%)
Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church

St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
First Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
Unity Church of Gulfport — 0.3 mi away
Bible Way Baptist Church Gulfport, MS — 0.3 mi away
Saint James Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
Mercy Seat Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Word of Faith Christian — 0.5 mi away
Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Bible Way Baptist Church Gulfport, MS — 0.3 mi away
Saint James Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Mercy Seat Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Grace Memorial Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away

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