Greater Zion Baptist Church
Greater Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1281 Findlay Ave in New York, NY 10456-3205. It is one of 2,692 churches in New York, and one of 270 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is “Being the Church on Purpose”, embodying the teachings of Christ, and glorifying God while impacting lives through intentional discipleship and community engagement.
1281 Findlay Ave, New York, NY, 10456-3205Phone: (718) 538-7630
Greater Zion Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,462 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 71,352 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 Greater Zion Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 8,600 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.
- Food Insecurity: 44.5%
- Social Isolation: 43.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
- Poverty Rate: 32.7% (18.4–47.1%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
- Unemployment: 12.3% (4.8–19.9%)
- Child Poverty: 32.0% (14.7–49.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.7%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
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- Inspirational Gospel Assembly — 0.2 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Peculiar Assembly — 0.3 mi away
- Grand Concourse Seventh Day Adventist Temple — 0.3 mi away
- Progressive Kingdom Life Church — 0.3 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Roman Catholic Church of Christ the King — 0.3 mi away
- Evangelical Church of God — 0.3 mi away
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