Galilee Baptist Church
Galilee Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Des Moines, IA 50317. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 37 Baptist congregations in the city.
Des Moines, IA, 50317Galilee Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 596 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Iowa — 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 Galilee 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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%
- Social Isolation: 37.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
- Food Insecurity: 22.8%
- Unemployment: 10.0% (4.8–15.1%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
- Diabetes: 13.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Galilee Baptist Church
- Grant Park Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Poder y Gracia Des Moines — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Wesleyan Church — 0.5 mi away
- Simpson United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Salvation Army Des Moines Citadel Worship and Service Center — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Peter Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sunshine Open Bible Tabernacle — 0.6 mi away
- Marantha Open Bible Church — 0.6 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Grace Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Maple Street Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Union Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Calvary Chapel — 1.6 mi away