Travelers Rest Baptist Church

Travelers Rest Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 718 Bowmar Ave in Vicksburg, MS 39180-4603. It is one of 170 churches in Vicksburg, and one of 13 Baptist congregations in the city.

Serving since 1898

718 Bowmar Ave, Vicksburg, MS, 39180-4603

Service times

  • Wednesday 8am

Phone: +16016363712 · Website: https://www.travelersrestvicksburg.org/

Travelers Rest 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.

Ministries at Travelers Rest Baptist Church

  • Food pantry
  • Women's Missions
  • Youth Department
  • Dance Ministry
  • Counseling Pastoral
  • Adult Daycare

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Latest from Travelers Rest Missionary Baptist Church's YouTube channel: Sunday 8.2.2026 Annual Homecoming & Communion Worship Service | Rev. Arthur L. Powell, Pastor (all videos).

The community around Travelers Rest Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 46.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 25.4%
  • Social Isolation: 35.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.6% (14.5–34.7%)
  • Diabetes: 17.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (4.5–22.2%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.1%

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

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