Gapway Baptist Church

Gapway Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Lakeland, FL 33801. It is one of 368 churches in Lakeland, and one of 33 Baptist congregations in the city.

Lakeland, FL, 33801

Gapway Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,713 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Florida — 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 Gapway 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 live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Obesity: 41.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.2% (7.4–25.1%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.5% (8.1–20.8%)

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

Lakeland city is served by 95 churches — about one congregation for every 1,199 residents.

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