Morning Star Baptist Church
Morning Star Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gulfport, MS 39501. It is one of 161 churches in Gulfport, and one of 30 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to serve our community through diverse ministries, spiritual growth opportunities, and outreach programs that impact neighborhoods, cities, and beyond.
Since its founding, Morning Star Baptist Church has been committed to evangelism, fostering Christian character, and promoting brotherly love.
Gulfport, MS, 39501Service times
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am · thru
Morning Star 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 — 71,417 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 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
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mercy Seat Baptist Church — 0.1 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
- Bible Way Baptist Church Gulfport, MS — 0.6 mi away
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