Greater Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church

Greater Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1361 Cleophus Kee Boulevard in Columbus, OH 43211. It is one of 1,054 churches in Columbus, and one of 105 Baptist congregations in the city.

1361 Cleophus Kee Boulevard, Columbus, OH, 43211

Service times

  • Wednesday 7pm · In Word -

Phone: (267) 807-9495 · Website: https://www.greater12th.org/

Greater Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,344 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Ohio — 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 Greater Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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: 50.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 48.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 45.9% (32.1–59.7%)
  • Social Isolation: 45.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 24.9%
  • Diabetes: 22.5%
  • Unemployment: 16.2% (4.5–29.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.5% (7.7–23.2%)
  • Depression: 26.3%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Columbus city is served by 545 churches — about one congregation for every 1,492 residents.

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