First John Missionary Baptist Church

The community around First John Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Depression: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 29.4% (20.0–38.8%)
• Child Poverty: 29.1% (10.9–50.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Unemployment: 6.1% (2.2–10.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) is served by 773 churches — about one congregation for every 875 residents.

Churches near First John Missionary Baptist Church

• Gospel Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bethel Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Jackson Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Jackson Street Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Revelations Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Original Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Clark Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Ethos Church Downtown — 0.3 mi away in Nashville, TN
• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away