Maranatha Baptist Church
Maranatha Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1040 Lower Flat Creek Road in Alexander, NC 28701. It is one of 2 churches in Alexander.
At Maranatha Baptist Church, our mission is to glorify God by making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that Jesus commanded.
1040 Lower Flat Creek Road, Alexander, NC, 28701Service times
- Sunday 10am · School
- Sunday 11am · Morning Worship
- Sunday 5pm · Evening
Maranatha Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,587 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 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.
Ministries at Maranatha Baptist Church
- Children's Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Adult Sunday School
- Outreach and Missions
- Choir
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The community around Maranatha Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.0% (12.8–33.3%)
- Child Poverty: 30.0% (15.3–44.8%)
- Poverty Rate: 22.9% (13.1–32.6%)
- Social Isolation: 31.5%
- Depression: 26.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.5%
- Food Insecurity: 16.6%
- Unemployment: 7.2% (1.4–12.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Maranatha Baptist Church
- Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mount Bethel Freewill Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Weaverville, NC
- Grandview Church — 1.9 mi away
- Mount Zion Church — 2.2 mi away in Marshall, NC
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Marshall, NC
- Christ United Methodist Church — 2.7 mi away in Weaverville, NC
- Riverview Church — 2.8 mi away in Marshall, NC
- Monticello Road Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Weaverville, NC
- Alexander Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mount Bethel Freewill Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Weaverville, NC
- Grandview Church — 1.9 mi away
- Mount Zion Church — 2.2 mi away in Marshall, NC
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Marshall, NC