Briar East Baptist Church
Briar East Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Hammond, IN 46323. It is one of 109 churches in Hammond, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.
Hammond, IN, 46323Briar East 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 Briar East Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 25.7%
- Obesity: 41.9%
- Social Isolation: 34.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.0%
- Unemployment: 9.5% (4.5–14.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
- Diabetes: 14.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Hammond city is served by 65 churches — about one congregation for every 1,190 residents.
Churches near Briar East Baptist Church
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostes Inc. — 0.1 mi away
- Hope Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Abundant Life Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.1 mi away
- Cline Gardens Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Catherine of Siena Church — 0.4 mi away
- Hessville Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
- Living Waters Free Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away in Gary, IN
- Faithworld Indiana — 0.7 mi away
- Terrace Park Church of God — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Hessville Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Gary, IN
- Sonrise Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Gary, IN
- Black Oak Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in Gary, IN
- Mount Horeb Missionary Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Gary, IN