Spencer Memorial Baptist Church

Spencer Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Pascagoula, MS 39581. It is one of 59 churches in Pascagoula, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.

Pascagoula, MS, 39581

Spencer Memorial Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,872 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 Spencer Memorial 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 adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 49.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 35.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.1% (21.6–44.6%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.6% (11.0–30.3%)
  • Diabetes: 19.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.2%
  • Social Isolation: 39.2%
  • Child Poverty: 35.4% (23.1–47.7%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
  • Unemployment: 10.2% (3.5–16.9%)

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

Pascagoula city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 532 residents.

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