Forest Heights Baptist Church
Forest Heights Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1155 Oglethorpe Avenue in Athens, GA 30606. It is one of 119 churches in Athens, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
1155 Oglethorpe Avenue, Athens, GA, 30606Phone: +1-706-543-2191 · Website: https://www.forestheightsbaptist.org/
Forest Heights Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Forest Heights Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 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 lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
- Food Insecurity: 20.0%
- Poverty Rate: 17.7% (10.7–24.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
- Diabetes: 14.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (6.3–19.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 1,398 residents.
Churches near Forest Heights Baptist Church
- Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.2 mi away
- Oglethorpe Avenue Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Athens Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Athens Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- St Joseph Charity — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Beech Haven Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Kingdom Living Ministry — 0.9 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Friendship Christian Church — 1.1 mi away