Mount Zion Baptist Church

Mount Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 842 Mount Zion Road in Spartanburg, SC 29303. It is one of 268 churches in Spartanburg, and one of 68 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our mission is simple..."Knowing Christ, and making Him known."

Welcome to Mount Zion Baptist Church Spartanburg! We are located on Mount Zion Road in Spartanburg, SC just around the corner from Fairforest Elementary School. Our church family is made up of warm, friendly, caring followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Serving since 1804

842 Mount Zion Road, Spartanburg, SC, 29303

Mount Zion Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,010 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Carolina — 71,420 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 Mount Zion Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Poverty Rate: 35.8% (24.2–47.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 30.9%
  • Social Isolation: 39.0%
  • Depression: 28.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
  • Obesity: 38.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6% (12.1–20.9%)
  • Diabetes: 13.1%
  • Unemployment: 7.8% (2.1–13.6%)

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

Spartanburg city is served by 75 churches — about one congregation for every 514 residents.

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