Gaines Street Baptist Church
Gaines Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Russellville, AL 35653. It is one of 82 churches in Russellville, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
Russellville, AL, 35653Gaines Street 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 Gaines Street Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
- Food Insecurity: 32.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.7%
- Obesity: 44.6%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
- Diabetes: 17.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (10.7–22.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
- Child Poverty: 25.5% (10.0–41.1%)
- Depression: 24.8%
- Poverty Rate: 17.8% (8.1–27.6%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Russellville city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 697 residents.
Churches near Gaines Street Baptist Church
- Washington Avenue Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- College Avenue First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Russellville First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Arbol De Vida — 0.3 mi away
- My Father's House Russellville — 0.3 mi away
- Redemption Outreach Church — 0.4 mi away
- West Highlands Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- God Cares For You Worship Center — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- College Avenue First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Russellville First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- West Highlands Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- East Side Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- North Russellville Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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