Saint John Baptist Church
Saint John Baptist Church is a church in Meridian, MS 39301. It is one of 168 churches in Meridian.
Meridian, MS, 39301Saint John Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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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