Church of Saint John the Baptist
Church of Saint John the Baptist is a church in Elmira, NY 14901. It is one of 79 churches in Elmira.
Elmira, NY, 14901Church of Saint John the Baptist 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 Church of Saint John the Baptist
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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 64.8% (45.4–84.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 48.2% (33.3–63.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 35.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
- Diabetes: 17.0%
- Obesity: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Depression: 24.1%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (3.4–11.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Elmira city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 646 residents.
Churches near Church of Saint John the Baptist
- Lake Street Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- City of Light — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Monumental Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Minnie L Floyd Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ogden Memorial Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- United Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Monumental Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- United Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away