Beacon Baptist Church
Beacon Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Hattiesburg, MS 39401. It is one of 186 churches in Hattiesburg, and one of 46 Baptist congregations in the city.
Hattiesburg, MS, 39401Beacon 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 — 71,418 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 Beacon 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 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 34.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
- Diabetes: 18.0%
- Obesity: 42.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.0%
- Child Poverty: 33.5% (15.8–51.1%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
- Poverty Rate: 27.2% (13.7–40.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (6.9–19.6%)
- Unemployment: 6.7% (1.0–12.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Hattiesburg city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 689 residents.
Churches near Beacon Baptist Church
- Savannah Grove Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bethel Church — 0.6 mi away
- Wayside Church — 0.8 mi away
- Victory Full Gospel Church — 0.9 mi away
- Christian Valley MB Church — 1 mi away
- Priest Creek Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Community Christian Church — 1.3 mi away
- Priest Creek Missionary Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- New Testament Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Church Of God In Christ — 1.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Savannah Grove Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Priest Creek Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- New Testament Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Central Bank Church — 1.7 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
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