First John Missionary Baptist Church

First John Missionary Baptist Church is a church in Starkville, MS 39759. It is one of 120 churches in Starkville.

Starkville, MS, 39759

First John Missionary 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 — 71,417 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 First John Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 41.7%
  • Social Isolation: 41.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
  • Depression: 23.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Starkville city is served by 24 churches — about one congregation for every 666 residents.

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