House of Joy Baptist Church
House of Joy Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Akron, OH 44314. It is one of 431 churches in Akron, and one of 63 Baptist congregations in the city.
Akron, OH, 44314House of Joy Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,342 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Ohio — 71,418 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 House of Joy Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Depression: 28.6%
- Food Insecurity: 20.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%
- Unemployment: 6.2% (1.0–11.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.
Churches near House of Joy Baptist Church
- Dormition of the Virgin Mary Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Chapel of Hope — 0.2 mi away
- The Redeemed Christian Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Kenmore — 0.3 mi away
- RCCG Jesus House Akron — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Gospel Temple — 0.3 mi away
- Goss Memorial Church — 0.3 mi away
- Urban Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Korean Presbyterian Church of Akron — 0.3 mi away
- Restoration Community Church — 0.3 mi away
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- True Light Baptist Church — 1 mi away
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