Greater Friendship Baptist Church

Greater Friendship Baptist Church is a Baptist church at E 13th Ave in Anchorage, AK 99501. It is one of 268 churches in Anchorage, and one of 25 Baptist congregations in the city.

To lead a dying world into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord and savior. --Matthew 28:19-20

Greater Friendship Baptist Church was founded in the year of our Lord, 1951, thus becoming the first Black church in the state of Alaska.

Serving since 1951

E 13th Ave, Anchorage, AK, 99501

Service times

  • Wednesday 7pm · Bible Study

Phone: +1 907-272-4346 · Website: https://greaterfriendshipbaptist.org/

Greater Friendship Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 136 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alaska — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

Ministries at Greater Friendship Baptist Church

  • Recovery

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The community around Greater Friendship Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 40.5%
  • Social Isolation: 35.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.9% (10.4–27.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Anchorage municipality is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 1,761 residents.

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