Westside Baptist Church

Westside Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Hattiesburg, MS 39401. It is one of 182 churches in Hattiesburg, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.

Hattiesburg, MS, 39401

Shares a ministry location with House of the Lord Baptist Church.

Westside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Westside Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up 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.

  • Child Poverty: 43.7% (26.1–62.3%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 37.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.4% (18.6–44.2%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
  • Obesity: 42.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.8% (11.3–26.4%)
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Unemployment: 9.6% (1.4–17.8%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%

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

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

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