Westside Baptist Church
Westside Baptist Church is a church in Valdosta, GA 31601. It is one of 233 churches in Valdosta.
Valdosta, GA, 31601Westside 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 — 71,418 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 Westside Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Child Poverty: 78.2%
- Poverty Rate: 51.1%
- Obesity: 45.2%
- Social Isolation: 44.9%
- Food Insecurity: 42.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.6% (14.7–26.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.8%
- Unemployment: 9.5% (3.5–15.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
- Depression: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 14.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Valdosta city is served by 99 churches — about one congregation for every 555 residents.
Churches near Westside Baptist Church
- Anchor Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Collective — 0.2 mi away
- St. Augustine Road Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Knights of Columbus — 0.4 mi away
- The Church at Remerton — 0.5 mi away in Remerton, GA
- Azalea City Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Azalea City Young Adults — 0.6 mi away
- Ray of Hope Christian Center — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Christian Center — 0.7 mi away
- Bridge Builders Christian Center — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Hope Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- River Hill Missionary — 1.3 mi away
- Macedonia Church — 1.3 mi away
- Grace Fellowship Bible Church — 1.4 mi away