Mount Gaza Baptist Church

Mount Gaza Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Compton, CA 90220. It is one of 164 churches in Compton, and one of 30 Baptist congregations in the city.

Compton, CA, 90220

Mount Gaza Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,885 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 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 Mount Gaza Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third have no one they feel they can count on, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,500 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 45.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (9.7–20.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
  • Diabetes: 13.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Compton city is served by 76 churches — about one congregation for every 1,254 residents.

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