Sturgeon, MO

Columbia, near Sturgeon, MO: Columbia MO downtown area 2017
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City Score 40 · Liberty · Columbia area · Missouri

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Sturgeon: common questions

What churches in Sturgeon serve the community?

1 church in Sturgeon, MO is listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of Sturgeon there are 12 more, including Locust Grove Baptist Church (1.5 mi), Perche Baptist Church (4.5 mi), and Friendship Church (5.9 mi).

How can I volunteer near Sturgeon?

There are 223 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of Sturgeon, MO in the next 30 days. The next one is Men's Bible Study with Trinity Lutheran Church on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Sturgeon's City Score?

Sturgeon, MO scores 40 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Nov 2026: Condition 46 (the city from public data) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Sturgeon, MO

Sturgeon, MO scores 40 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Nov 2026. Condition 46 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 31 (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).

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What's moving it

  • 3 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 47 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 49 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 103 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 22 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Sturgeon, MO

  • What Sturgeon is up against: 56 out of 100 — Better than 31% of cities, up 10 points (Missouri state-wide)
  • Where grace is growing: 26 out of 100 — Better than 37% of cities (From the Columbia, MO area)
  • Marriage & family: 66 out of 100 — Better than 75% of cities, up 1 point (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 Sturgeon, MO

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Sturgeon, MO rates 53 out of 100: Stirring across 7 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 19, Barren
  • The Family: 65, Steadfast
  • Education: 67, Grounded
  • Government: 46, Unsettled
  • Media: 51, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 53, Mixed
  • Business: 35, Tightfisted
  • Compassion: 89, Abounding

Every measure behind Sturgeon, MO's ratings

What takes Sturgeon, 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 quarter: Drug overdose deaths up 26 percentile points (What Sturgeon 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 Sturgeon is up against)

Sturgeon, MO over time

  • — Entered Liberty

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

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