Gayles Memorial Baptist Church
Gayles Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 730 Gillette Ave in Aurora, IL 60506-2934. It is one of 107 churches in Aurora, and one of 10 Baptist congregations in the city.
To worship and serve God and to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ, as set forth in Matthew 18:19-20. To minister to the needs of the members and others as this church is able to do so.
730 Gillette Ave, Aurora, IL, 60506-2934Service times
- Sunday 10:45am
Phone: (630) 892-6767 · Website: https://www.gaylesmbc.org/
Gayles Memorial Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,173 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,352 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.
Ministries at Gayles Memorial Baptist Church
- Media Ministry
- Children & Youth Ministry
- Men’s Ministry
- Women's Ministry
- One Accord Ministry
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Upcoming events at Gayles Memorial Baptist Church
- Sun, Nov 8 · 10:45 AM: Sunday Morning Service — Gayles Memorial Baptist Church
- Sun, Nov 8 · 10:45 AM: Sunday Worship
From Gayles Memorial Baptist Church's public calendar (https://www.gaylesmbc.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Gayles Memorial 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,400 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.
- Food Insecurity: 30.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.5%
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 36.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
- Child Poverty: 24.9% (11.4–38.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.9% (10.2–25.6%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
- Diabetes: 14.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.8% (9.6–18.1%)
- Unemployment: 7.4% (3.7–11.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Gayles Memorial Baptist Church
- City of Light Church Aurora — 0.3 mi away
- House of Refuge Church — 0.5 mi away
- St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Fox Valley Church of God — 0.8 mi away
- Fresh Start City Church — 0.8 mi away
- New England Congregational Church — 0.8 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Iglesia Universal — 0.8 mi away
- Our Savior Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
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- Lighthouse Worship Center — 1.1 mi away
- Claim Street Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Marion Avenue Baptist Church — 2 mi away
- New Community Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away