Thessalonian Baptist Church
Thessalonian Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Atlanta, GA 30314. It is one of 940 churches in Atlanta, and one of 156 Baptist congregations in the city.
We Are Empowered by God to Embrace all People and Enhance The World.
First Thessalonian welcomes everyone – people from all walks of life come together to worship, pray, study God’s word and share the message of Jesus Christ as we engage in mission and ministry locally and globally.
Atlanta, GA, 30314Service times
SUNDAY SCHOOL and NEW MEMBERS CLASS: 9:30 am (as listed)
Website: http://www.1thes.com/
Thessalonian Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 5,847 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Georgia — 71,417 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 Thessalonian 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 43.7%
- Food Insecurity: 42.6%
- Poverty Rate: 36.6% (23.4–49.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 33.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.7%
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.9%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (9.3–22.4%)
- Unemployment: 6.3% (1.4–11.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Atlanta city is served by 310 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Thessalonian Baptist Church
- The Greater Body of Christ Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Bishop Kevin Lydell Smith of GBOCT — 0.1 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Atlanta Reformed Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Springfield Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faithful Friends Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Higher Ground Empowerment Center — 0.3 mi away
- SouthEastern Regional Lectureship — 0.3 mi away
- Mt Gilead Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Greater Springfield Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Higher Ground Empowerment Center — 0.3 mi away
- Mt Gilead Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- One Step Of Faith Outreach Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Lily of the Valley Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away