Black Oak Baptist Church
Black Oak Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gary, IN 46406. It is one of 275 churches in Gary, and one of 67 Baptist congregations in the city.
Accessible parking
Gary, IN, 46406Service times
- Wednesday 7pm · Worship Service
Phone: (219) 844-4328 · Website: http://blackoakbaptistchurch.com/
Black Oak Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 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 Black Oak 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 48.6%
- Food Insecurity: 40.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.0%
- Poverty Rate: 37.2% (27.2–47.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 25.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
- Diabetes: 21.6%
- Unemployment: 15.7% (8.0–23.5%)
- Social Isolation: 34.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
- Depression: 24.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (6.2–16.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Gary city is served by 184 churches — about one congregation for every 375 residents.
Churches near Black Oak Baptist Church
- Sonrise Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Ann Church — 0.3 mi away
- Black Oak Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Prayer Outreach Deliverance Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Smyrna Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Sonrise Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Old Fashion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Sweet Pilgrim of Grace Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away