Thirty-Eighth Avenue Baptist Church

Thirty-Eighth Avenue Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church at North 38th Avenue in Hattiesburg, MS 39401. It is one of 186 churches in Hattiesburg, and one of 9 Southern Baptist congregations in the city.

North 38th Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401

Service times

  • Wednesday 5:45pm · evenings

Thirty-Eighth Avenue 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.

Ministries at Thirty-Eighth Avenue Baptist Church

  • Food pantry

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Latest from 38th Avenue Baptist Church's YouTube channel: Shepherding the Flock of God (1 Peter 5:1-4) (all videos).

The community around Thirty-Eighth Avenue Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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: 45.2% (33.5–57.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 44.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.2% (11.9–28.5%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
  • Depression: 25.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0%
  • Unemployment: 7.9% (2.9–13.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Hattiesburg city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 689 residents.

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