Damascus Baptist Church
Damascus Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gadsden, AL 35904. It is one of 215 churches in Gadsden, and one of 67 Baptist congregations in the city.
Gadsden, AL, 35904Damascus Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,553 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 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.
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The community around Damascus Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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: 50.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.4%
- Food Insecurity: 37.0%
- Diabetes: 21.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.7% (8.2–33.3%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
- Social Isolation: 38.2%
- Depression: 27.2%
- Poverty Rate: 26.8% (16.7–36.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (0.8–12.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Gadsden city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 258 residents.
Churches near Damascus Baptist Church
- Central Avenue Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
- South Gadsden Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Central Avenue Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Crosspoint Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Wayfaring Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Central Avenue Holiness Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Church at Wills Creek — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Zion Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Edgewood Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Central Avenue Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Edgewood Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- South Eleventh Street Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Triune Missionary Baptist Church — 1 mi away