Brown Street Baptist Church

Brown Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Akron, OH 44311. It is one of 416 churches in Akron, and one of 53 Baptist congregations in the city.

Akron, OH, 44311

Shares a ministry location with New Millennium House of Prayer.

Brown Street Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Brown Street Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half 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.

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  • Child Poverty: 58.5% (40.8–76.2%)
  • Poverty Rate: 46.0%
  • Social Isolation: 42.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 33.1%
  • Depression: 32.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
  • Obesity: 41.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
  • Unemployment: 10.0% (2.5–17.4%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (6.3–20.0%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.

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