Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church
Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 7171 HIGHWAY, AL, 36912 in Lisman, AL 36912. It is one of 24 churches in Lisman, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Guided by the Holy Spirit and grounded in Baptist doctrine, the mission of Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church is to bring souls to Christ for the glory of God through the faithful preaching and teaching of His Word.
Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church was officially established in 1874. The church quickly became a cornerstone of the community.
Serving since 1874
7171 HIGHWAY, AL, 36912, Lisman, AL, 36912Service times
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY – 6:30 PM (as listed)
Phone: (205) 398-3059 · Website: https://gilfieldmissionarybaptistchurch.org/
Gilfield Missionary 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 — 71,352 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 Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church
- Transportation Assistance
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The community around Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church
It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Obesity: 47.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
- Food Insecurity: 28.9%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
- Child Poverty: 26.8% (11.9–41.8%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.9% (13.5–28.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
- Unemployment: 6.1% (1.8–10.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Gilfield Missionary Baptist Church
- Rehoboth Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Pushmataha United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Mount Nebo Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Riderwood Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Butler, AL
- Little Hope Church — 3 mi away
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
- Shiloh Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 4.5 mi away
- Community Church — 4.5 mi away in Butler, AL
- Bethel United Methodist Church — 4.9 mi away
- Concord Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Rehoboth Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Mount Nebo Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Riderwood Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Butler, AL
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
- Concord Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away