Saint John Baptist Church

Saint John Baptist Church is a church in Meridian, MS 39301. It is one of 221 churches in Meridian.

Meridian, MS, 39301

Saint John 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 Saint John Baptist Church

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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

Obesity: 51.2%
Food Insecurity: 44.6%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.8%
Poverty Rate: 37.7% (20.1–55.3%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.9%
Housing Insecurity: 32.4%
Diabetes: 24.5%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.4%
Transportation Barriers: 23.1%
Social Isolation: 39.6%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.2% (4.2–25.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.

Churches near Saint John Baptist Church

Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
Free Gospel Temple JCAC — 0.1 mi away
Greater Allen Chapel AME Church — 0.2 mi away
Pentecostal Church of God — 0.3 mi away
Paradise Church of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away
Central Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
Haven Chapel United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
New Era Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
East End United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
Congregation Church of God — 0.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
New Prospect Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Greater Mount Herman Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Pilgrim Progress Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

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