Greater Southern Metropolitan Baptist Church

Greater Southern Metropolitan Baptist Church is a church at 8000 Fullerton Street in Detroit, MI 48238. It is one of 1,590 churches in Detroit.

8000 Fullerton Street, Detroit, MI, 48238

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

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The community around Greater Southern Metropolitan Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 54.9%
  • Obesity: 48.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 45.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 39.3% (25.3–53.2%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 34.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.2%
  • Diabetes: 22.3%
  • Unemployment: 20.1% (5.7–34.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 37.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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

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