St. Louis, IL

St. Louis, IL: Gateway Geyser in East St. Louis
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City Score 37 · Liberty · St. Clair County · St. Louis area · Illinois

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What churches in St. Louis serve the community?

1 church in St. Louis, IL is listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of St. Louis there are 606 more, including Southern Mission Baptist Church (0.3 mi), Church of God Community Worship Center (0.3 mi), and Winstanley Temple Church of God in Christ (0.3 mi).

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There are 2,213 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of St. Louis, IL in the next 30 days. The next one is Early Morning Prayer with Transforming Word Church on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is St. Louis's City Score?

St. Louis, IL scores 37 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026: Condition 39 (the city from public data) and Movement 33 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: St. Louis, IL

St. Louis, IL scores 37 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 39 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 33 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

Condition: Partly Illinois state-wide (3 of 4 indexes)

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State-wide for Burden and Liberty: the numbers for Violent crime, Property crime, Legal gambling, 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 Illinois as a whole, not by city, so every Illinois city carries Illinois's numbers.

Illinois scores 45 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 54 · Movement 32).

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What's moving it

  • 109 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 441 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 492 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 1,085 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 187 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of St. Louis, IL

  • What St. Louis is up against: 54 out of 100 — Better than 38% of cities, down 20 points (Illinois state-wide)
  • Where grace is growing: 26 out of 100 — Better than 37% of cities (From St. Clair County, IL)
  • Marriage & family: 14 out of 100 — Better than 4% of cities
  • Christian liberty: 69 out of 100 — Better than 84% of cities, down 3 points (Illinois state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in St. Louis, IL

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. St. Louis, IL rates 38 out of 100: Drifting across 7 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 27, Lukewarm
  • The Family: 14, Broken
  • Education: 47, Searching
  • Government: 76, Just
  • Media: 46, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 38, Worldly
  • Business: 25, Tightfisted
  • Compassion: 34, Indifferent

Every measure behind St. Louis, IL's ratings

What takes St. Louis, IL to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 2 → 40
  • Unity: Unity 12 → 45
  • Prayer: Prayer 0 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 0 → 45

What affected it

  • This week: Witness down 7 — 46% belong to a church
  • This quarter: Property crime down 27 percentile points (What St. Louis is up against)
  • This quarter: Drug overdose deaths down 21 percentile points (What St. Louis is up against)
  • This quarter: Violent crime down 16 percentile points (What St. Louis is up against)

St. Louis, IL over time

  • — Entered Liberty

The full City Score for St. Louis, IL, every indicator with its source

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