Saint Matthews Baptist Church

Saint Matthews Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Picayune, MS 39466. It is one of 72 churches in Picayune, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.

Picayune, MS, 39466

Saint Matthews 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 Saint Matthews Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 40.8%
  • Social Isolation: 37.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.8% (13.4–32.1%)
  • Diabetes: 15.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
  • Child Poverty: 27.7% (13.6–42.7%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Picayune city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 294 residents.

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