Merton Avenue Baptist Church
Merton Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Memphis, TN 38112. It is one of 1,526 churches in Memphis, and one of 379 Baptist congregations in the city.
Memphis, TN, 38112Merton Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Merton Avenue 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. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.
- Unemployment: 9.9% (1.4–18.5%)
- Obesity: 37.5%
- Depression: 25.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.0%
- Diabetes: 14.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.
Churches near Merton Avenue Baptist Church
- Blessed Sacrament Church — 0.1 mi away
- Catholic Cursillo Center of Memphis — 0.1 mi away
- Merton Street Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Everett Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Memphis Metro CHURCH — 0.2 mi away
- Transforming Lives Church — 0.2 mi away
- Living Word Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Christian Church - Memphis, TN — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Crosslink International — 0.4 mi away