St Matthews Baptist Church
St Matthews Baptist Church is a church at 3239 Simmons St in Houston, TX 77004-3522. It is one of 3,187 churches in Houston.
3239 Simmons St, Houston, TX, 77004-3522Phone: +17137510990 · Website: http://www.greatersaintmatthewchurch.org
St Matthews Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St Matthews 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 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.
- Child Poverty: 64.9% (48.7–81.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 49.1% (35.9–62.3%)
- Unemployment: 15.0% (6.8–23.4%)
- Obesity: 43.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
- Diabetes: 16.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.6% (7.8–23.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St Matthews Baptist Church
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- Greater Rose Hill Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Barber's Memorial Missionary — 0.1 mi away
- The God Movement — 0.2 mi away
- True Faith Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Liberty Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Beulah Land Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Nations House of Prayer — 0.3 mi away