Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ
Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ is a Church Of God In Christ church at 19190 Schaefer Highway in Detroit, MI 48235. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit, and one of 10 Church Of God In Christ congregations in the city.
19190 Schaefer Highway, Detroit, MI, 48235Phone: (313) 864-7170 · Website: https://www.geicogic.org/
Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 582 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Michigan — 16,682 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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Upcoming events at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ
- Sat, Sep 26 · 1 PM: Love on Canvas
From Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ's public calendar (https://www.geicogic.org/). Times are the church's local time.
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Latest from geicogic's YouTube channel: 11:30AM Worship Service | GEI COGIC | Bishop J. Drew Sheard | September 20, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ
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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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: 32.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
- Diabetes: 18.9%
- Unemployment: 13.1% (6.6–19.5%)
- Obesity: 44.3%
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
- Poverty Rate: 21.4% (11.7–31.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
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.
Churches near Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ
- Michigan North Central COGIC — 0 mi away
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- Hartford Memorial Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Trinity Church — 0.4 mi away
- Shiloh Deliverance Church — 0.5 mi away
- Resurrection Ministries International Deliverance Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Mt Sinai Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Rock of Ages Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Kingdom Life Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Word In Action Christian Center International — 0.6 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
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- West Seven Mile Congregational Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Greater Harvest Ministries Church of God in Christ — 1 mi away
- Fellowship Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 1 mi away
- All Nation Church of God in Christ — 1 mi away