Avondale, MO

Avondale, MO: AvondaleMissouri
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City Score 40 · Liberty · Kansas City area · Missouri

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Avondale: common questions

What churches in Avondale serve the community?

1 church and 1 ministry in Avondale, MO are listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of Avondale there are 490 more, including Avondale Baptist Church (0.7 mi), Victory Free Will Baptist Church (0.9 mi), and Kansas City Korean Baptist Church (1.0 mi).

How can I volunteer near Avondale?

There are 3,014 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of Avondale, MO in the next 30 days. The next one is Morning Prayer with Linwood Boulevard Seventh-day Adventist Temple on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Avondale's City Score?

Avondale, MO scores 40 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Nov 2026: Condition 44 (the city from public data) and Movement 34 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Avondale, MO

Avondale, MO scores 40 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Nov 2026. Condition 44 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 34 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

Condition: Missouri state-wide

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State-wide for Burden, Marriage & family, and Liberty: the numbers for Violent crime, Property crime, Legal gambling, Divorces, Marriages, Religious Liberty in the States score, Safeguards fully in law, State Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Anti-Christian hate crimes, School choice, Protections for the unborn, Homeschool freedom, and Tone of news coverage of Christianity are published for Missouri as a whole, not by city, so every Missouri city carries Missouri's numbers.

Missouri scores 37 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 41 · Movement 31).

These numbers change at the state. A petition started from any Missouri city reaches Missouri's officials, and Missouri's own score moves with them.

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What's moving it

  • 72 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 560 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 607 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 926 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 196 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Avondale, MO

  • What Avondale is up against: 68 out of 100 — Better than 12% of cities, down 2 points (Missouri state-wide)
  • Where grace is growing: 31 out of 100 — Better than 53% of cities (From the Kansas City, MO-KS area)
  • Marriage & family: 65 out of 100 — Better than 73% of cities, up 5 points (Missouri state-wide)
  • Christian liberty: 48 out of 100 — Better than 38% of cities, down 7 points (Missouri state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in Avondale, MO

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Avondale, MO rates 49 out of 100: Stirring across 7 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 26, Lukewarm
  • The Family: 65, Steadfast
  • Education: 67, Grounded
  • Government: 46, Unsettled
  • Media: 51, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 49, Mixed
  • Business: 37, Tightfisted
  • Compassion: 50, Stirring

Every measure behind Avondale, MO's ratings

What takes Avondale, MO to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 0 → 40
  • Prayer: Prayer 0 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 0 → 45
  • Unity: Unity 0 → 45

What affected it

  • This week: Witness down 7 — 45% belong to a church
  • This week: Unity down 4 — 1 ministry active together
  • This quarter: Drug overdose deaths down 10 percentile points (What Avondale is up against)
  • This quarter: Religious Liberty in the States score down 10 percentile points (Christian liberty)
  • This quarter: Property crime up 8 percentile points (What Avondale is up against)

Avondale, MO over time

  • — Entered Liberty

The full City Score for Avondale, MO, every indicator with its source

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