Morning Star Baptist Church
Morning Star Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gulfport, MS 39501. It is one of 157 churches in Gulfport, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
Gulfport, MS, 39501Morning Star Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Morning Star Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. 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: 31.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 26.1% (18.1–34.1%)
- Unemployment: 20.2% (7.0–33.3%)
- Obesity: 42.3%
- Social Isolation: 38.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
- Poverty Rate: 29.6% (16.3–43.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
- Diabetes: 17.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Gulfport city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,727 residents.
Churches near Morning Star Baptist Church
- Mercy Seat Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Unity Church of Gulfport — 0.2 mi away
- Gulfport Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Broadmoor Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Redeemer Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Discovery Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Word of Faith Christian — 0.6 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.6 mi away