Greater Gaston Baptist Association

Greater Gaston Baptist Association is a church at 1607 Rankin Lake Rd in Gastonia, NC 28052-1878. It is one of 209 churches in Gastonia.

1607 Rankin Lake Rd, Gastonia, NC, 28052-1878

Phone: +17048677257 · Website: https://ggba.net/

Greater Gaston Baptist Association 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.

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The community around Greater Gaston Baptist Association

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 31.6%
  • Obesity: 43.0%
  • Social Isolation: 37.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 26.1% (15.2–37.1%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (10.3–27.4%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
  • Diabetes: 16.5%
  • Unemployment: 8.4% (3.1–14.2%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
  • Depression: 25.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

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