Guiding Light Refuge Baptist Church

Guiding Light Refuge Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Washington, DC 20019. It is one of 867 churches in Washington, and one of 174 Baptist congregations in the city.

Washington, DC, 20019

Shares a ministry location with Episcopal Church of the Atonement.

Guiding Light Refuge Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Guiding Light Refuge Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 2,500 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: 42.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 30.9%
  • Unemployment: 12.2% (4.1–20.2%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.8% (11.1–30.5%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
  • Diabetes: 13.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.

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