A Greater Light Temple of Christ Church
A Greater Light Temple of Christ Church is a Baptist church at 1355 Blue Hill Ave in Mattapan, MA 02126-1814. It is one of 14 churches in Mattapan, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
1355 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA, 02126-1814Service times
- Thursday 7:30pm
Phone: +16173069588 · Website: http://www.gltocc.org/
A Greater Light Temple of Christ Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Massachusetts — 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 A Greater Light Temple of Christ Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 46.0% (27.7–64.3%)
- Social Isolation: 43.7%
- Food Insecurity: 35.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.9%
- Unemployment: 15.0% (9.2–20.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
- Poverty Rate: 25.4% (16.7–34.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
- Diabetes: 15.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near A Greater Light Temple of Christ Church
- Gladtidings House of Prayer for All Nations — 0.1 mi away
- New Jerusalem Church of God — 0.2 mi away in Boston, MA
- Blue Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Boston, MA
- Lily of the Valley Baptist — 0.3 mi away in Boston, MA
- Blue Hill Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Jubilee Christian Church — 0.3 mi away in Boston, MA
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Victory Temple Church — 0.4 mi away
- Good Shepherd Evangelical Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Angela's Devotion, Mattapan, RCAB — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Blue Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Boston, MA
- Lily of the Valley Baptist — 0.3 mi away in Boston, MA
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Boston, MA
- Metropolitan Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Boston, MA
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