East Gadsden Baptist Church
East Gadsden Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 211 N. 6th St. in Gadsden, AL 35903. It is one of 215 churches in Gadsden, and one of 75 Baptist congregations in the city.
211 N. 6th St., Gadsden, AL, 35903Phone: (256) 543-7300 · Website: http://eastgadsdenbaptistchurch.com/
East Gadsden Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,551 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 71,417 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 East Gadsden Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 51.0%
- Food Insecurity: 35.9%
- Poverty Rate: 34.7% (22.1–47.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 31.0% (18.6–43.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
- Diabetes: 19.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.3%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
- Depression: 24.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Gadsden city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 258 residents.
Churches near East Gadsden Baptist Church
- Eastside Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- East Gadsden United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Gadsden Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away
- New Liberty Tabernacle — 0.4 mi away
- East Gadsden Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- OutReach Restoration Church — 0.5 mi away
- East Walnut Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Canaan Baptist Church Gadsden — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity Freewill Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- The People Place Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Gadsden Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away
- East Walnut Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Trinity Freewill Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Eastside Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 1 mi away