Messiah Baptist Church

The community around Messiah Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 95.3%
• Poverty Rate: 71.3%
• Obesity: 52.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 50.6%
• Depression: 32.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 27.1%
• Unemployment: 25.8% (14.1–37.5%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.8% (10.9–34.7%)
• Diabetes: 22.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near Messiah Baptist Church

• Seay Hubbard United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Claiborne Family of Faith Worship Center — 0.2 mi away in Nashville, TN
• Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Truth of Life Foundation Church — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Ararat Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Little Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Harvest Outreach Ministry of Jesus Christ — 0.3 mi away
• South Nashville Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Phillips Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away