Greater Community Baptist Church

Greater Community Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 16900 Puritan Street in Detroit, MI 48227. It is one of 1,590 churches in Detroit, and one of 235 Baptist congregations in the city.

16900 Puritan Street, Detroit, MI, 48227

Greater Community Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Greater Community Baptist 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 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

  • Obesity: 48.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.3% (21.6–44.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.4%
  • Diabetes: 21.2%
  • Unemployment: 12.7% (4.8–20.6%)
  • Social Isolation: 36.9%
  • Child Poverty: 36.7% (16.7–56.7%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

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