Oakdale Baptist Church

Oakdale Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Spencer, NC 28159. It is one of 10 churches in Spencer, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Spencer, NC, 28159

Oakdale 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 Oakdale Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 45.5% (28.8–62.2%)
  • Obesity: 40.3%
  • Social Isolation: 34.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.3%
  • Depression: 23.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
  • Diabetes: 14.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (8.0–19.8%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%
  • Unemployment: 7.0% (1.1–12.9%)

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

Spencer town is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 579 residents.

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