Good Samaritan Cathedral Church of God in Christ

Good Samaritan Cathedral Church of God in Christ is a Church Of God In Christ church at 625 West MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, CA 94609. It is one of 485 churches in Oakland, and one of 4 Church Of God In Christ congregations in the city.

His primary aim in ministry is to see sinners delivered from the ravages of sin and the Saints strengthened, matured in the word of God, and made whole.

In 1993, he was selected to serve as Pastor of the Good Samaritan Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Oakland, California, where he has been honored to serve for thirty (32) years.

625 West MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA, 94609

Phone: (510) 658-8285 · Website: https://www.gsccogic.org/

Good Samaritan Cathedral Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,461 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across California — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.

Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.

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The community around Good Samaritan Cathedral Church of God in Christ

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,400 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: 39.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
  • Depression: 23.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.2% (10.0–22.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 15.4%
  • Unemployment: 6.9% (2.4–11.5%)

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

Oakland city is served by 272 churches — about one congregation for every 1,609 residents.

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