Higher Ground Baptist Church
Higher Ground Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 163 Gene Hege Rd in Lexington, NC 27295-9490. It is one of 188 churches in Lexington, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.
The purpose of the local church is to bring glory to God and it’s mission is to reach the nations with the Gospel and to teach them how to become devoted followers of Jesus.
163 Gene Hege Rd, Lexington, NC, 27295-9490Service times
- Sunday 11am · School
Phone: +13368533830 · Website: https://highergroundbaptistchurch.com/
Higher Ground 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 Higher Ground Baptist Church
- Youth Group
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The community around Higher Ground Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 adults here carry depression. 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 lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Depression: 27.5%
- Obesity: 36.4%
- Social Isolation: 31.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.6%
- Food Insecurity: 15.3%
- Unemployment: 6.8% (2.9–10.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Higher Ground Baptist Church
- Faith Baptist Tabernacle — 0.8 mi away
- Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Linwood, NC
- Churchland Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Tyro United Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away
- St. Luke's Lutheran Church — 2.3 mi away
- Haden Grove Church — 2.3 mi away in Linwood, NC
- Union Chapel AME Zion Church — 2.4 mi away in Linwood, NC
- Psalm 91 — 2.4 mi away
- Tyro Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
- Smith Grove Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Linwood, NC
More Baptist churches nearby
- Faith Baptist Tabernacle — 0.8 mi away
- Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Linwood, NC
- Churchland Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Tyro Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
- Smith Grove Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Linwood, NC
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