Friendship Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 520 Cotton Grove Road in Lexington, NC 27292. It is one of 188 churches in Lexington, and one of 37 Baptist congregations in the city.

Friendship Baptist Church stands as a beacon of faith in North Carolina. We are a place of prayer, peace and joy to all who join us.

520 Cotton Grove Road, Lexington, NC, 27292

Phone: (336) 249-1067 · Website: https://www.friendshipbaptistchurchlexington.com/

Friendship 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.

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The community around Friendship Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 33.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
  • Diabetes: 18.2%
  • Obesity: 43.9%
  • Social Isolation: 36.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.3% (14.3–44.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (6.6–26.9%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
  • Depression: 24.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Lexington city is served by 21 churches — about one congregation for every 781 residents.

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