Greater Northside Baptist Church

Greater Northside Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1553 Wiggins Rd in Jackson, MS 39209-4433. It is one of 479 churches in Jackson, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.

Here at Greater Northside, we hold fast to a faith rooted in the love and grace of Jesus Christ.

Serving since 1950

1553 Wiggins Rd, Jackson, MS, 39209-4433

Phone: +16019224166 ยท Website: https://www.greaternorthsidembchurch.com/

Greater Northside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi โ€” 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 โ€” and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Greater Northside Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors โ€” 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: 76.1%
  • Obesity: 50.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.2%
  • Social Isolation: 40.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.1% (19.8โ€“46.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.2%
  • Diabetes: 23.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
  • Unemployment: 11.2% (3.1โ€“19.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (7.4โ€“20.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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