West Fifth Avenue Free Will Baptist Church
West Fifth Avenue Free Will Baptist Church is a Free Will Baptist church at 2145 W 5th Ave in Gastonia, NC 28052-3622. It is one of 209 churches in Gastonia, and one of 4 Free Will Baptist congregations in the city.
2145 W 5th Ave, Gastonia, NC, 28052-3622Service times
- Sunday 9:45am · School
Phone: +17046298179 · Website: https://www.west5thavefwbc.org/
West Fifth Avenue Free Will 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 West Fifth Avenue Free Will Baptist Church
- Children's Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Young Adults
- Ladies Auxillary
- Community Outreach
- Salted Saints
- Community Breakfast
- Nursing Home Outreach
- Doves Nest Outreach
- Soldiers of the Cross
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Latest from West 5th Ave Freewill Baptist Church's YouTube channel: Sunday Night Service 8-2-2026 (all videos).
The community around West Fifth Avenue Free Will Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 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: 25.7%
- Obesity: 40.6%
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Child Poverty: 26.2% (9.1–43.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
- Depression: 23.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
- Unemployment: 6.9% (1.9–12.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near West Fifth Avenue Free Will Baptist Church
- Gastonia First Assembly of God — 0.2 mi away
- West Franklin Spirit of Life Church — 0.2 mi away
- Macedonia A & P Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Family Christian Center — 0.5 mi away
- Linden ARP Church — 0.5 mi away
- Epworth United Methodist — 0.6 mi away
- New Destiny Worship Center — 0.7 mi away
- Spoken Word Tabernacle — 0.7 mi away
- Linwood Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Unity Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Mt Zion Restoration Church — 1.2 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Charity Independent Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Loray Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
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