Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

The community around Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,300 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.

• Child Poverty: 85.2%
• Social Isolation: 42.3%
• Food Insecurity: 34.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
• Poverty Rate: 29.9% (16.7–43.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5% (10.9–28.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Diabetes: 16.3%
• Unemployment: 8.9% (3.7–14.0%)
• Obesity: 38.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Atlanta city is served by 310 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

Churches near Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

• Bethany Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• The Beloved Community Church of Atlanta — 0.1 mi away
• Mount Mariah Primitive Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Southside Springfield Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Iconium Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Sunnyside Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Early Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Ariel Bowen United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away