Greater Meridian Baptist Church
Greater Meridian Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Meridian, MS 39307. It is one of 221 churches in Meridian, and one of 51 Baptist congregations in the city.
Meridian, MS, 39307Greater Meridian 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 — 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 Greater Meridian 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. 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: 47.9%
- Food Insecurity: 38.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
- Diabetes: 19.1%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Child Poverty: 31.6% (13.9–49.3%)
- Poverty Rate: 28.8% (17.6–39.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
- Unemployment: 8.7% (2.6–14.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2% (11.6–19.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.
Churches near Greater Meridian Baptist Church
- Life Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Tabernacle of Meridian — 0.3 mi away
- Druid Hills United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Canaan Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mer Parish United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Pilgrim Hill United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Church — 0.6 mi away
- El Bethel Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Jones Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Word of Faith Christian Center — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Life Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Canaan Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Church — 0.6 mi away
- El Bethel Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Highland Baptist Church — 1 mi away
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