Greater Faith Missionary Baptist

Greater Faith Missionary Baptist is a Baptist church at 825 East Buchtel Avenue in Akron, OH 44305. It is one of 416 churches in Akron, and one of 53 Baptist congregations in the city.

825 East Buchtel Avenue, Akron, OH, 44305

Website: http://greaterfaithakron.org/

Shares a ministry location with Equip Church International - Akron.

Greater Faith Missionary Baptist is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Greater Faith Missionary Baptist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 46.3%
  • Social Isolation: 40.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 37.9% (22.1–53.7%)
  • Food Insecurity: 34.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.2%
  • Child Poverty: 34.3% (14.5–54.2%)
  • Depression: 29.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
  • Diabetes: 17.1%
  • Unemployment: 9.4% (2.1–16.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (4.9–20.7%)

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

Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.

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