Greater Faith Baptist Church
Greater Faith Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 5217 Shelton Avenue in Louisville, KY 40218. It is one of 838 churches in Louisville, and one of 189 Baptist congregations in the city.
5217 Shelton Avenue, Louisville, KY, 40218Greater Faith Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,797 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Kentucky — 71,419 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 Greater Faith Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 40.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Unemployment: 6.8% (2.6–11.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,859 residents.
Churches near Greater Faith Baptist Church
- Fire of God international church — 0.4 mi away
- Powerhouse Louisville Church of God — 0.4 mi away in West Buechel, KY
- First Alliance Church — 0.5 mi away in Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY
- Lifepointe Church — 0.5 mi away
- Korea Saehan Church of Louisville — 0.5 mi away
- Forest Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Star Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- He Visto La Luz Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Baca Miracle Revival Center Ministries — 0.6 mi away
- Community Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Forest Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Star Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Community Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Korean Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Bashford Manor Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in West Buechel, KY
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