Ekklesia Hattiesburg

Ekklesia Hattiesburg is a Baptist church at 3200 Arlington Loop in Hattiesburg, MS 39401-7138. It is one of 186 churches in Hattiesburg, and one of 46 Baptist congregations in the city.

By God's grace and mercy, we seek to build an inclusive family committed to Christ’s upside-down Kingdom, where people experience the transformation that occurs through sharing our brokenness, serving intentionally, and simply following together.

Ekklesia Hattiesburg is a community of people committed to Simply Following Together. We believe that we find the life and light of God by doing our best to live our lives as Jesus would.

3200 Arlington Loop, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401-7138

Website: https://www.ekklesiahattiesburg.com/

Shares a ministry location with University Baptist Church.

Ekklesia Hattiesburg 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.

Ministries at Ekklesia Hattiesburg

  • Children's Ministry
  • Youth Ministry

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The community around Ekklesia Hattiesburg

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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 33.7% (23.4–44.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 26.2%
  • Social Isolation: 38.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (8.0–18.8%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.1%
  • Unemployment: 7.8% (3.9–11.8%)

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

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