West Franklin Spirit of Life Church
West Franklin Spirit of Life Church is a Southern Baptist church at 450 S Myrtle School Rd in Gastonia, NC 28052-3520. It is one of 209 churches in Gastonia, and one of 3 Southern Baptist congregations in the city.
We are on a mission to build the Kingdom of God by spreading the good news of Jesus Christ and Him crucified!
Pastors Jeff and Liz are passionate about ministry, community and transformative power of the Holy Spirit.
450 S Myrtle School Rd, Gastonia, NC, 28052-3520Phone: (704) 867-6018 · Website: https://www.wfspiritoflife.org/
West Franklin Spirit of Life Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,576 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,420 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 Franklin Spirit of Life Church
- Inspiration for Inmates
- Abounding in Hope
- RBC Kids
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The community around West Franklin Spirit of Life 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: 27.9%
- Obesity: 41.6%
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.5%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
- Child Poverty: 26.1% (9.0–43.2%)
- Depression: 24.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near West Franklin Spirit of Life Church
- West Fifth Avenue Free Will Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gastonia First Assembly of God — 0.3 mi away
- Macedonia A & P Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Linden ARP Church — 0.3 mi away
- Family Christian Center — 0.5 mi away
- Spoken Word Tabernacle — 0.6 mi away
- Epworth United Methodist — 0.7 mi away
- Linwood Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Sanctuary International Fellowship Tabernacle - SIFT — 0.7 mi away
- Unity Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- West Fifth Avenue Free Will Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Unity Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Loray Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Revolution Church — 1.4 mi away
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