Poteau Valley Baptist Church
Poteau Valley Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 119 Waddle St in Poteau, OK 74953-5451. It is one of 35 churches in Poteau, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
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119 Waddle St, Poteau, OK, 74953-5451Phone: +19186473744 · Website: https://poteauvalleybaptist.com/
Poteau Valley Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,607 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Oklahoma — 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 Poteau Valley Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
- Food Insecurity: 23.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.3% (12.8–21.8%)
- Obesity: 39.9%
- Depression: 26.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Child Poverty: 24.5% (12.8–36.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.2% (11.6–22.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
- Diabetes: 14.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (2.9–10.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Poteau Valley Baptist Church
- Calvary Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hosanna Christian Fellowship — 0.8 mi away
- Poteau Gospel Tabernacle — 0.9 mi away
- Poteau Church of Christ — 1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 1.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 1.1 mi away
- Cross Community Church — 1.2 mi away
- House of Hope — 1.2 mi away
- Hosanna Christian Fellowship — 1.8 mi away
- Community of Christ — 1.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
- Southside Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
- First Free Will Baptist Church — 3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 6.2 mi away in Panama, OK
- Springhill Baptist Church — 7.5 mi away in Howe, OK