Deenwood Baptist Church
Deenwood Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waycross, GA 31503. It is one of 163 churches in Waycross, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.
Waycross, GA, 31503Phone: (912) 283-7168
Deenwood Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 5,867 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Georgia — 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 Deenwood Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
- Poverty Rate: 30.0% (19.2–40.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 29.3%
- Diabetes: 19.8%
- Obesity: 44.1%
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Child Poverty: 35.2% (18.7–51.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
- Unemployment: 9.2% (2.8–15.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (6.6–16.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Deenwood Baptist Church
- Emmanuels International Cathedral Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bible Heritage Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- True Foundation Church of God — 0.6 mi away
- Northside Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Big Bethel Freewill Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Works Church of God in Christ, Inc. — 0.6 mi away
- Waycross Community Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Olivet Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Glad Tidings Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Big Bethel Freewill Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Waycross Community Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Olivet Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Albany Avenue Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away