Greater Liberty Baptist Church
Greater Liberty Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1230 Desire St in New Orleans, LA 70117. It is one of 824 churches in New Orleans, and one of 286 Baptist congregations in the city.
1230 Desire St, New Orleans, LA, 70117Service times
- Sunday 8am
Phone: (504) 606-4782 · Website: http://www.glbcnola.org/
Greater Liberty Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 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.
Ministries at Greater Liberty Baptist Church
- Celebrate Recovery Ministry
- Prison Outreach Ministry
- Domestic Violence & Sex Trafficking Outreach Ministry
- Health Ministry
- Culinary Ministry
- College Ministry/Scholarship & Tutoring
- Family Life Outreach Ministry
- Children’s Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Young Adult Ministry
- Couples Ministry
- Senior Citizens Ministry
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The community around Greater Liberty 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. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 25.5%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Depression: 29.0%
- Poverty Rate: 26.3% (16.0–36.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.2%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (6.7–18.2%)
- Unemployment: 6.8% (1.0–13.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.
Churches near Greater Liberty Baptist Church
- Christ Temple Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Good News Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Galilee Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Journey Fellowship Church — 0.3 mi away
- Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Taylor Memorial Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Light Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sole Star Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Good News Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Galilee Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Taylor Memorial Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Light Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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