First Greater Living Missionary Baptist Church

First Greater Living Missionary Baptist Church is a church at 1043 Sowers St in Statesville, NC 28677-6948. It is one of 203 churches in Statesville.

1043 Sowers St, Statesville, NC, 28677-6948

Phone: +17048788817 · Website: http://www.firstgreaterliving.org/

First Greater Living Missionary 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 First Greater Living Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 43.4% (27.4–60.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 28.7%
  • Obesity: 42.0%
  • Social Isolation: 35.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.1% (13.5–34.7%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.4% (11.8–26.9%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
  • Diabetes: 16.1%
  • Unemployment: 8.8% (1.3–16.4%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
  • Depression: 23.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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