The Greater Good Shepherd COGIC
The Greater Good Shepherd COGIC is a Church Of God In Christ church at 5263 Foothill Blvd in Oakland, CA 94601-5430. It is one of 485 churches in Oakland, and one of 10 Church Of God In Christ congregations in the city.
utilizing social media, evangelism & missions to help get the Gospel of Jesus Christ out to our community and beyond, so that more souls might be added to the church and to the Kingdom of God!
5263 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA, 94601-5430Phone: +15104366471 · Website: https://ggscogic.org/
The Greater Good Shepherd COGIC 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 The Greater Good Shepherd COGIC
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 a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.
- Social Isolation: 42.4%
- Food Insecurity: 30.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
- Poverty Rate: 20.5% (11.5–29.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (7.2–19.6%)
- Diabetes: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Greater Good Shepherd COGIC
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- Word Of Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Bethesda Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Llamados a Servir — 0.2 mi away
- Praise Chapel Oakland — 0.2 mi away
- Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia de Cristo en Oakland — 0.4 mi away
- Melrose Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
- Prayer Tower Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Iglesia Llamados a Servir — 0.2 mi away
- Melrose Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
- Prayer Tower Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Hines Memorial Church — 0.4 mi away
- Greater Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
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