St. John Baptist Church
St. John Baptist Church is a church in Buffalo, NY 14203. It is one of 379 churches in Buffalo.
Buffalo, NY, 14203Service times
- Sunday 7pm · Communion
St. John Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,495 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 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 St. John 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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 40.9% (29.2–52.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 34.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
- Obesity: 44.1%
- Social Isolation: 36.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
- Unemployment: 8.7% (3.9–13.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Buffalo city is served by 65 churches — about one congregation for every 4,256 residents.
Churches near St. John Baptist Church
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Faith Temple Church Of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Unity Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Scientology — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Michael Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mt Aaron Missionary Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- The Pentecostal Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Abundant Harvest Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt Aaron Missionary Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Michigan Street Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away